kenmalatesta
He/Him | Writer
Ken Malatesta is a teacher and writer from Chicago. He lives in Skokie, Illinois, with his wife and three sons. His work has appeared in Chicago Quarterly Review, Sky Island Journal, Bridge VIII, Oddball Magazine, Book XI, The Hopper, The Compressed Journal for Creative Arts, Fatherly, and Motherwell Magazine. His essay “Puzzling Toward Oblivion” was named a Notable Essay of the Year by Best American Essays 2023. You can read his work here https://kenmalatesta.com/
Selected work
Still Life with Nerf Dart
Motherwell, 2023
The Tooth Fairy Truther
Fatherly, 2021
Issues — Sky Island Journal
Sky Island Journal
Announcing the release of CQR #36!
Chicago Quarterly Review, 2022
Oddball Stories with Ken Malatesta - oddball magazine
Oddball Magazine, 2025
Oddball Stories with Ken Malatesta - oddball magazine
Oddball Magazine, 2024
Love in the Time of Horse Collars » Bridge Eight Press
Bridge Eight Press », 2024
Issue XIII Books, Reading, and Being Read — Book XI
Book XI
Running Out of Time
2021
Yesterday's Eden — The Hopper | Environmental Lit. Poetry. Art.
The Hopper | Environmental Lit. Poetry. Art.
Oddball Stories with Ken Malatesta - oddball magazine
Oddball Magazine, 2026