[close] Matthew Shindell lives and writes in La Jolla, California. He is a PhD student in History of Science and Science Studies at UC San Diego. He holds a BS (1999) and an MS (2004) from Arizona State University’s Center for Biology and Society, where his work focused on the social and historical study of science. He holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop (2001).

Shindell's first full-length book of poems In Another Castle will be published in October 2008 by Three Candles Press.

Shindell's poems have been included in Digerati: 20 Contemporary Poets in the Virtual World, edited by Steve Mueske (3 Candles Press, 2006), and The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel, edited by Reb Livingston (No Tell Books, 2006). One of his essays was included in Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes, edited by Laurel Snyder (Soft Skull Press, 2006).

Shindell's limited edition chapbook, Were something to happen it would be both funny and interesting, was published by the Galom Press in 2001.

Shindell's poems have appeared in American Letters and Commentary, The American Poetry Review, Black Warrior Review, FENCE, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Jubilat, The Melic Review, No Tell Motel, Northwestern Review, Octopus Magazine, Phoenix Downtown Magazine, Pleiades, Tarpaulin Sky, and Unpleasant Event Schedule. [close]