
Nov. 9, 2023
The InKY Reading Series is a free author series broadcast live on Zoom. Watch archived readings on the LLA YouTube channel.

Clay Matthews’ books are Superfecta (Ghost Road Press), RUNOFF (BlazeVox), Pretty, Rooster and Shore (both from Cooper Dillon), and Four-Way Lug Wrench (Main Street Rag Books). He currently lives in Elizabethtown, KY and teaches at Elizabethtown Community & Technical College.
Clay Matthews

Dante Novario
Dante Novario is a writer born and raised in Normal, IL who currently lives in Louisville, KY. A Pushcart Prize, Rhysling Award, and Best-of-the-Net nominee, his poetry has been published internationally and was chosen as the featured work in a recent edition of Burningword Literary Journal. His poetry has previously appeared within The Pinch Journal, Nimrod International Journal, Thin Air Magazine, KAIROS Lit, Crow & Cross Keys, Ghost City Review, Firewords Magazine, New Contexts, Jersey Devil Press, Sandy River Review and others. His work attempts to push genre boundaries not often associated with poetry such as horror, science fiction and surrealism. He is the host of a recurring Horror Poetry Night event held by local Louisville bookstore Butcher Cabin Books. His poetry can also be heard on the literary podcast Strange Horizons. He is currently in the process of finishing his first manuscript of poetry. Find more of his writing on Instagram @dante_novario.