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Matthue Roth

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https://www.discovereads.com/matthue

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in Philadelphia, The United States

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male

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http://www.matthue.com

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Children's Books, Biographies & Memoirs, Comics & Graphic Novels

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Sherman Alexie, Francesca Lia Block, Jeanette Winterson, Paul Auster,...more

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Matthue Roth is a slam poet and the author, most recently, of Losers, as well as the novels Candy in Action and Never Mind the Goldbergs, and the memoir Yom Kippur a Go-Go. He's also a performance poet, and, with Mat Tonti, publishes the short graphic novel (that's a comic book, y'all) Kabbalah Komix. He lives in Brooklyn with his family, and he keeps a secret diary at www.matthue.com.

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Heeb Magazine + Kafka

The generous folks at Heeb Magazine just put up a review of My First Kafka, and they seem to like it:

[T]here’s a sense of childlike wonder that permeates even the strangest of Kafka’s parables. That’s a tricky proposition to pull off effectively –especially for Roth, who is tasked with the unenviable job of transposing Kafka’s prose into child-sized morsels. Fortunately for weird kids (and thei...

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Matthue Roth's Books

Average rating: 3.60 · 537 ratings · 127 reviews · 9 distinct works · Similar authors

	Never Mind The Goldbergs 3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Losers 3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yom Kippur a Go-Go: A Memoir 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Candy in Action 3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My First Kafka: Runaways, Rodents, and Giant Bugs by Matthue Roth (Goodreads Author), Rohan Daniel Eason (Illustrations) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Push Anthology by David Levithan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Patricia McCormick, Matthue Roth (Goodreads Author) 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cornered: 14 Stories of Bullying and Defiance by Rhoda Belleza (Editor), Kirsten Miller (Goodreads Author), Mayra Lazara Dole (Goodreads Author) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truth & Dare: 20 Tales of Heartbreak and Happiness by Liz Miles (Goodreads Author) (editor), Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads Author), Sarah Rees Brennan (Goodreads Author) 3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Things II: A Horror Anthology (Dark Things: A Horror Anthology, #2) by Ty Schwamberger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Derek Muk (Contributor), Indy McDaniel (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Matthue Roth wrote a new blog post Heeb Magazine + Kafka The generous folks at Heeb Magazine just put up a review of My First Kafka, and they seem to like it: [T]here’s a sense of childlike wonder that per... Read more of this blog post »
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Matthue added Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) by Marcel Proust read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
May 12, 2013 07:38pm
Matthue is now a fan of Fred Chao
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Matthue wants to read Johnny Hiro: The Skills to Pay the Bills by Fred Chao	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Matthue rated a book 4 of 5 stars What Happened to Anna K. by Irina Reyn read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Matthue liked Megan Kirby's review of The Unwritten, Vol. 7: The Wound: " I rated this a little lower than I normally would an Unwritten volume, because I found it a little bit hard to follow in spots. I had trouble remembering the whole Bodleian plot line, which might have really been the last volume's problem. I also... " Read more of this review »
Apr 16, 2013 07:00am · see review
Matthue rated a book 4 of 5 stars Redshirts by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Matthue wants to read Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Matthue entered a giveaway Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Even catholics have hail marys. Jews only have guilt.”
― Matthue Roth, Never Mind The Goldbergs

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