Matt Bell
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There are about 40 days left in 2020, which means my story-a-day project is coming to a close soon. To finish strong, I’d like to order ten more new collections
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It's getting to be MFA application season, and I know one of the parts of the application students always worry about most is the personal statement. In hopes of demystifying
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New novel means new author photos! These are some contenders from today’s COVID-era photo shoot: Jess behind the camera, me with a haircut I gave myself, both wearing masks as
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One reason we should stop teaching conflict as the only engine of plot is that it turns every writer into a worst-case scenario machine, with a brain trained to move
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One of my 2020 goals is to read at least one short story every day of the year. I'm going to keep a thread of the stories I read here:
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