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I'm the author of The Last Repatriate (Nouvella, 2011) and two chapbooks, Our Island of Epidemics (PANK) and We Will Take What We Can Get (Publishing Genius). My shorter fiction can be found in Glimmer Train, Witness, American Short Fiction, Pleiades, The Literary Review, and others. I am also an editor and columnist for the Good Men Project. My column is about my very Korean wife, our baby, our two cats, and my many insecurities. More here: http://matthewsalesses.com


I have a new column up at the Good Men Project, in which my daughter has her first kiss. Here's the opening:
I go to New York for a reading and leave my wife and the baby at home for the third time in Grace’s 10 months of life. When I get back, my baby who is afraid of other babies touching her has kissed a boy. Her first kiss.

My wife says she will never forget the name Roy. She says our daughte...
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Published on May 28, 2012 09:43 • 3 views • Tags: babies, essay, fatherhood, first-kiss, good-men-project, love-recorded, parenting
Average rating: 4.29 · 63 ratings · 14 reviews · 5 distinct works
The Last Repatriate
4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Our Island of Epidemics
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010
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We Will Take What We Can Get
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009
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The Last Repatriate by Matthew Salesses
" Beautiful writing of a deeply sad story. I highly recommend this. Also, I would read an epic novel by Matthew Salesses if he ever writes one. "
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