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Adrian Matejka

Adrian Matejka is the author of six poetry collections and the graphic novel Last on His Feet. He has been nominated for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, served as the poet laureate of the state of Indiana from 2018–2019, and is editor–in–chief of Poetry magazine. He lives in Chicago.

Adrian Matejka

Books by Adrian Matejka

Be Easy: New and Selected Poems
Adrian Matejka
Hardback, 2026
Literary Hub • “Most Anticipated Poetry of 2026”

“A poetics of magic and experience, of submission and resistance, of saying and seeing who and what we are in stereo.” —Terrance Hayes
Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century
Youssef Daoudi, Adrian Matejka
Hardback, 2023
A groundbreaking graphic portrait of boxing legend Jack Johnson, Last on His Feet offers a front-row seat to the Battle of the Century
Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century
Youssef Daoudi, Adrian Matejka
E Book
A ground-breaking graphic portrait of boxing legend Jack Johnson, Last On His Feet offers a front-row seat to the Battle of the Century
Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century
Youssef Daoudi, Adrian Matejka
Paperback, 2025
A ground-breaking graphic portrait of boxing legend Jack Johnson, Last On His Feet offers a front-row seat to the Battle of the Century

Adrian Matejka

Books by Adrian Matejka

Be Easy: New and Selected Poems

Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century

Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century

Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century