Hello!
Sorry — Who Are You?
I’m Matthew Caprioli Frye-Castillo! — a writer, college lecturer, and editorial consultant.
I was born in San Diego and raised outside of LA and Anchorage, Alaska.
Some of my recent work has celebrated Essex Hemphill and Audre Lorde, Latino literature, the political use of queer t-shirts, and speculative nonfiction.
In 2021, Cirque Press published my memoir One Headlight, a coming-of-age story set in Alaska. The book launch took place at a charming little spot called Nasty Pig in NYC, where I have lived since 2014.
You can buy a physical or an ebook of One Headlight pretty much anywhere.
Contact me if you want a donated copy to be sent to your local library!
Indiebound | Bookshop | Astoria Bookshop | Amazon | Rakuten Kobo | Barnes & Noble
What Books Are Coming Up?
I usually have at least three plates spinning.
Currently, these plates are:
An essay collection about cultural erasure and reclamation
A novel about a sex worker who finds love in unexpected places
A play about several Greek gods searching for meaning after AI has replaced them
Where Can People Find You Online?
When I’m not doodling in a Leuchtturm 1917 journal, you’ll find me writing about LGBTQ+ issues on Medium, higher education on LinkedIn and CUNY Commons, or just being a human on Bluesky.
How Can I Contact You?
Through the contact page below :)
CONTACT
Long Bio:
Matthew Frye-Castillo (he/him) is a creative writer, college lecturer, and editorial consultant.
He is the author of One Headlight: A Memoir (Cirque Press) and is a tenured CCE Lecturer of Professional Writing at Lehman College, City University of New York, where he has launched courses on emerging media, LGBTQ+ writing, and entrepreneurship for writers. He also directs the LGBTQ+ Collective, the Program for Professional Communications, and sits on the Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism Committee. He previously worked in marketing, publishing, and financial consulting.
Matthew was a regular arts and culture writer for The Anchorage Press and the arts editor of The Red Hook Star-Revue. His journalism, essays, criticism, poetry, and fiction have appeared in The Anchorage Daily News, HuffPost, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Paris Review Daily, Lambda Literary, Understory, Newtown Literary, The Lindenwood Review, and Worn in New York, featured in the Netflix adaptation, Worn Stories.
His creative work has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, the Hertog Foundation, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Matthew holds an MFA from Hunter College and studied at Columbia University, Clark University, and the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Raised in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Anchorage, Alaska, he currently calls Astoria, Queens, home. Find him across social media @matthewsyntax907.
Short Bio:
Matthew Frye-Castillo is the author of One Headlight: A Memoir and teaches writing and literature at Lehman College. His journalism, essays, poetry, and fiction have appeared in The Anchorage Daily News, HuffPost, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Paris Review Daily, Lambda Literary, and Worn in New York, which was featured in the Netflix adaptation, Worn Stories. His creative work has been supported by the Mellon Foundation, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Raised in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Anchorage, Alaska, he currently calls Astoria, Queens, home.
Photo Credit: Emil D. Cohen