matt gahler (he/him) is a queer mixed-race poet, musician, and podcaster raised in Minnesota and based in New York City. He received his MFA in Poetry from The City College of New York. He is the co-founder and co-host of Adverse Abstraction, a monthly live reading and arts series. He is the host of Grinding Teeth: A Podcast About the Creative Journey, where he talks with artists about what first sparked their creativity and how those influences continue to shape their work. He is also the co-host of Narrative Deviants: A Queer Film Podcast, where he explores the films that define and challenge queer cinema. He is the co-founder of Really Pretty Ugly, a Philadelphia-based handmade small-batch tie-dye apparel company. He has self-released multiple albums as a solo musician and is one half of the art-punk duo Decoy Boy.