Farid Matuk

Farid Matuk is the author of the poetry collections This Isa Nice Neighborhood and The Real Horse. Born in Peru to a Syrian mother and Peruvian father, Matuk has lived in the U.S. variously as an undocumented person, a “legal” resident, and a “naturalized” citizen. Matuk’s work has been recognized most recently with a New Works Grant from the Headlands Center for the Arts and a Holloway Visiting Professorship at University of California, Berkeley.
The Real Horse The Real Horse
The Real Horse

The Real Horse

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