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Matt Debenham

Goodreads author profile

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http://www.goodreads.com/Debenham

born

in Worcester, MA

gender

male

website

http://www.mattdebenham.com

genre

Literature & Fiction, Humor, Parenting & Families

influences

Grace Paley, Charles Dickens, Roddy Doyle, Amy Hempel, Gregory McDonal ...more

member since

March 2011

About this author

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Matt Debenham is the author of the fiction collection The Book of Right and Wrong, which won the 2009 Ohio State University Press Prize for Fiction, and was published by OSU Press in 2010. His work has appeared in The Battered Suitcase, Roanoke Review, The Pinch, Painted Bride Quarterly, Dogwood, and elsewhere. The recipient of an arts fellowship from the state of Connecticut, he lives in Westport, CT with his family. His wife, Caissie St.Onge, is the author of Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever. (Random House, 2011)

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Matt Debenham's Books

Average rating: 4.28 · 57 ratings · 16 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Book of Right and Wrong 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 46 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
	The Advocate: A Short Story 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 6 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
	The Battered Suitcase Autumn 2010 by Fawn Neun (Editor), Nick Padron, Etkin Camoglu 4.8 of 5 stars 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	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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Matt Debenham is now friends with Tara
Apr 20, 2013 09:08am
Matt Debenham rated a book 5 of 5 stars Confessions from a Dark Wood by Eric Raymond read in November, 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
This is a very special new book, and a keenly original authorial voice. It's funny on every page, and it will kill you with insight on every other page. I used to work for a small-time version of Pontius J. LaBar -- they populate the Marketing and PR...more
Nov 09, 2012 09:29am · see review
Matt Debenham liked Barrie's review of The Book of Right and Wrong: " I either get into short stories or I don't. This was a don't. None of them grabbed me and the ones that did, felt like they just left me hanging. Oh well. I was happy the book was short so I was done with it pretty darn fast. For that alone, it ge... " Read more of this review »
Feb 08, 2012 04:20pm · see review
Matt Debenham rated a book 5 of 5 stars Let's Panic About Babies!: How to Endure and Possibly Triumph Over the Adorable Tyrant who Will Ruin Your Body, Destroy Your Life, Liquefy Your Brain, and Finally Turn You into a Worthwhile Human Being by Alice Bradley	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
Mar 28, 2011 06:46pm
Matt Debenham rated a book 5 of 5 stars Jane Jones: Worst. Vampire. Ever. by Caissie St. Onge (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
Mar 17, 2011 06:04pm
Matt Debenham became a fan of Mary-Beth Hughes
Mar 09, 2011 06:37pm · all of Matt's favorite authors
Matt Debenham rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams	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
Mar 02, 2011 07:21pm
Matt Debenham rated a book 5 of 5 stars Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov	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
Mar 02, 2011 07:20pm
Matt Debenham marked as to-read: Moby-Dick by Herman Melville	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
Mar 02, 2011 07:20pm
Matt Debenham marked as to-read: Les Misérables by Victor Hugo	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
Mar 02, 2011 07:20pm