"Matthews's writing is bold, innovative and complex."–
Washington Post "Matthews is virtuosic, frantic, and darkly, very darkly, funny."–Dan Chiasson,
New Yorker "[A] deft, shape-shifting debut. . . . Matthews surveys the possible responses to what seems ineluctable, offering a work of intrepid imagination, inquiry, and strength."–
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"There's manic, witty energy throughout and delight in the play of form and language."–
Library Journal "Matthews has earned a place in the accomplished company of Adrienne Rich and Muriel Rukeyser."–
Booklist "
Simulacra . . . demonstrates how traditional text-based poetry is evolving and adapting to modern molds."–
Pacific Standard Winner of a 2016 Rona Jaffee Foundation Writer's Award