About
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, The Hopper, The Compressed Journal for Creative Arts, Fatherly, Goat's Milk Magazine, and Motherwell Magazine. His essay "Puzzling Toward Oblivion" was named a Notable Essay of the Year by Best American Essays 2023.
Education
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June 2006
National Louis University
M.A.T. -
1994 - 1998
University of Iowa
B.A. English
Experience
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2008 - Present
Springman Middle School
English Instructor -
2019 - Present
Freelance Writing
Content Manager -
2013 - 2016
Imy Wax & Associates
Consultant and Copy Editor