Matti is a nonfiction writer and poet from Baltimore, Maryland. His work has appeared in McSweeney's, Rumpus, CRAFT, X-R-A-Y, HAD, Ekphrastic Review, Jake, & elsewhere. He is the assistant nonfiction editor for the intersectional feminist lit mag, So To Speak & an MFA candidate in CNF from George Mason University. His currently unpublished chapbook manuscript, letters to jimi hendrix, was a semi-finalist in FTP's 2025 chapbook  contest. He enjoys reading, kayaking, & hanging with his partner's cats (and with his partner).