Clay Matthews
Clay Matthews has published poetry in journals such as American Poetry Review, Image, Kenyon Review, Appalachian Review, The Southern Review, and elsewhere. He is the author of several collections of poetry. He currently lives in Elizabethtown, and teaches at Elizabethtown Community & Technical College.
Featured Book
Birds Sing, Anyway
Birds Sing, Anyway is a reflection on fatherhood, Appalachia, and hope. The poems reflect on a precarious future while the backdrop of east Tennessee paints the windows a father and young daughter look out of.
Meet Clay Matthews and get a copy of their book at the 2026 Kentucky Book Festival, Saturday, November 7, 2026, at Joseph-Beth Booksellers.