Anthony Dimatteo

Anthony DiMatteo's writings address wilderness, love and antiquity as well as his experiences living in a group home as a supervisor of ten boys for many years. His most recent book is Home Boys, a memoir loosely drawing upon his ten-year residence in a Staten Island group home (forthcoming April 2026, available for preorder). He has also written three books and two chapbooks of poetry, written in both free and formal verse. His poetry has been published in dozens of literary journals. He’s also written more than a score of essays on Renaissance literature, mostly on Shakespeare, investigating how myth and politics intertwine in his plays and poetry. Also a Latin scholar, he’s translated the most popular treatise on classical iconography and myth of the 16th century, a tome that influenced poets and painters of the Renaissance. All his work, as poet, scholar and full professor of writing, art, design, and English literature at the New York Institute of Technology, attempts to recuperate and advance a renaissance vision and promise of a new world coming into being - in other words, a battle-scarred idealist passionately committed to a nearly lost harmonious view of human nature. Born and raised in the Bronx, he presently resides on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with his wife Kathleen O’Sullivan, a designer, classical pianist and composer.