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Matthew Roberson

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born
June 01, 1968 in Binghamton, The United States

gender
male

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influences
Ronald Sukenick, Campbell Tatham

member since
February 2008


About this author

Matthew Roberson coordinates the creative writing program at Central Michigan University. FC2 published his first novel, 1998.6, in 2002 and just published his second, Impotent. SUNY Press published Musing the Mosaic: Approaches to Ronald Sukenick in 2003. His work has also appeared in Fiction International, Fourteen Hills, Black Ice, Diagram,Clackamas Literary Review, Journal of Experimental Fiction, and others. He is former editor of The Cream City Review.


Average rating: 4.46 · 26 ratings · 6 reviews · 3 distinct works
Impotent: A Novel
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2009
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1998.6
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2002
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Musing the Mosaic: Approach...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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True Crime by Donna de la Perriere
True Crime
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Ledfeather by Stephen Graham Jones
Ledfeather
by Stephen Graham Jones
read in March, 2009
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I'm entirely floored by this book, which stands as one of the most upsetting, disorienting, moving, and beautiful texts I've read.
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American Genius by Lynne Tillman
American Genius: A Comedy
by Lynne Tillman (Goodreads Author)
read in January, 2009
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I won't reiterate the specifics of other, better reviews but instead suggest folks google this book and check them out. I will say that this is one of the finest, most challenging, most complicated, and most intelligent books I've read in a long, lon...more
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Talking Out of School by Kass Fleisher
Talking Out of School: Memoir of an Educated Woman
by Kass Fleisher
recommended for: Everyone.
read in February, 2009
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A) The prose here scorches. B) The "story" is entirely affecting. C) The fact that the "story" is memoir--holy crap. D) The way the book questions the idea of memoir and storytelling, presenting engrossing moments of a life that, with each new moment...more
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Nietzsche's Kisses by Lance Olsen
Nietzsche's Kisses: A Novel
by Lance Olsen
read in December, 2008
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The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq
The Elementary Particles
by Michel Houellebecq
read in December, 2008
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Matthew made a comment on Chana Masaledar's review of 1998.6
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"to-read? are you kidding me? that book came out in 2003..... that was, like, almost six years ago.... and you sorta know the author, for chrissakes. "
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Robert Glad to see you finally registered as a "Goodreads Author." Now I can "officially" be a fan.


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