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  <name><![CDATA[Matt Briggs]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Matt Briggs grew up in the Snoqualmie Valley, raised by working-class, counter-culture parents who cultivated and sold cannabis. Briggs has written two books set in rural Washington chronicling this life, &lt;i&gt;The Remains of River Names&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Shoot the Buffalo&lt;/i&gt;. Critic Ann Powers wrote of Briggs first book in the &lt;i&gt;New York Times Book Review&lt;/i&gt;, &quot;Briggs has captured the America that neither progressives nor family-value advocates want to think about, where bohemianism has degenerated into dangerous dropping out.&quot; Briggs has published a number of collection of stories, including &lt;i&gt;The Moss Gatherers&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;The End is the Beginning&lt;/i&gt;. Of his stories, Jim Feast wrote in the &lt;i&gt;American Book Review&lt;/i&gt;, &quot;All of Briggs’s zigzagging stories are told with great attention to the details of lowbrow culture and the contours of the American Northwest.&quot;]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Russell Edson, Jim Heynen, Janet Frame, Jorge Luis Borges, Georges Perec, Don Van Vliet, Harry Smith]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Seattle</hometown>  <born_at>12/01/1970</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Shoot the Buffalo]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.17</average_rating>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The End is the Beginning]]></title>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Moss Gatherers]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.17</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>6</ratings_count>
  <published>2005</published>  
  
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        <book id="723047">
  <title><![CDATA[Misplaced Alice]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Matt Briggs]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Remains of River Names]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Matt Briggs]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.67</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3</ratings_count>
  <published>1999</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Strong Man]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Matt Briggs]]></name>
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  <published>2010</published>  
  
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