Matthew Feinstein is a poet from Tracy, California. He holds an MFA in Poetry from Randolph College, a BA in English - Creative Writing from CSU Long Beach, and an AA from Butte College.

His poems have appeared in HAD, Heavy Feather Review, Inflectionist Review, Kissing Dynamite, Poetry Online, and elsewhere. He is the 2nd-place winner of the 2025 Poetry Super Highway contest.

He is the author of the chapbook “Breeds of Breath” (Alien Buddha Press, 2020). His first full-length collection, “The Nirvana Burning Brings,” is forthcoming with Harbor Editions in early 2027.