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Matt Bell

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http://www.goodreads.com/mdbell79

born
August 29, 1980

gender
male

place of birth
The United States

website

genre
Literature & Fiction

member since
June 2008


about this author

Matt Bell is the author of two chapbooks, The Collectors and How the Broken Lead the Blind, and has had fiction published recently in Conjunctions, Gulf Coast, Meridian, Monkeybicycle, and Keyhole. He lives in Ann Arbor, MI, and can be found online at www.mdbell.com.




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The November 2009 issue of The Critical Flame has been posted, including my review of The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction. The issue also includes reviews by Scott Esposito, Nigel Beale, Leslie Harkema, and editor Daniel E. Pritchard.

I've really enjoyed reading The Critical Flame, and appreciated this chance to write for them. There are very few places still doing long-form b...

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The Collectors The Collectors
by Matt Bell (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.61 — 31 ratings — published 2009
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How the Broken Lead the Blind How the Broken Lead the Blind
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avg rating 4.40 — 20 ratings — published 2009
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GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denomin... GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator (magazine) Issue 1
by Sue Miller (Editor), Oisin Mac Suibhne (Illustrator), Darby Larson, Cameron Gray (Illustrator), Nadine Darling, Kenneth Darling, Lavie Tidhar, Jordan E. Rosenfeld more...
avg rating 4.60 — 10 ratings — published 2007
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Dancing On Fly Ash: One Hundre... Dancing On Fly Ash: One Hundred Word Stories
by Matt Bell (Goodreads author), Josh Maday (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.42 — 12 ratings — published 2006
2 editions
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Hobart 9: The Games Issue Hobart 9: The Games Issue
by Matt Bell (Goodreads author), Bryan Furuness, Kim Chinquee (Goodreads author) , Mary Miller, Joe Wenderoth, Stefan Kiesbye, Jeffrey Brown (Goodreads author) , Grant Perrt more...
avg rating 3.62 — 8 ratings — published 2008
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Monkeybicycle6 Monkeybicycle6
by Ryan Boudinot (Goodreads author), Laura van den Berg, Curtis Smith (Goodreads author) , Sarah Salway, Brandi Wells, Matt Bell (Goodreads author) , Kim Chinquee (Goodreads author) , Richard Barrett more...
avg rating 4.83 — 6 ratings — published 2009
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Matt Bell's Money Strategies f... Matt Bell's Money Strategies for Tough Times: Ditch the Debt, Get Past the Crisis, Find Some Breathing Space, Position Yourself for Lasting Success
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Dewclaw 08/07 Matt is currently reading:
Dewclaw (Issue 1)
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Fugue State 06/03 Matt gave 5 of 5 stars to:
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Matt read and liked Tara's review of The Collectors:

"Beautiful design, brilliant novella. "
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Matt read and liked John's review of The Collectors:

"My memory, sir," declares Funes the Memorious, "is a garbage heap." The mnemonic freak imagined by Borges, however, has nothing on the two aging brothers Langley & Homer Collyer, historical figures in fact -- NYC packrat-psychos of th...more "
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Matt read and liked Daniel's review of How the Broken Lead the Blind:

"this is the best story collection i've read in a while. "
October 06
One Hour Of Televisi... Matt marked as to-read:
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September 08
Kamby Bolongo Mean R... Matt gave 5 of 5 stars to:
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by Robert Lopez
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August 30
How Some People Like... Matt gave 5 of 5 stars to:
How Some People Like Their Eggs (Paperback)
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Happy Baby Matt gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Happy Baby (Paperback)
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August 20
A reading from The Collagist contributors
Matt said "yes" to attending the event: A reading from The Collagist contributors.
date: September 02, 2009 12:59AM
location: Apostrophe Cast website, The United States
description: Now through September 2nd visit Apostrophe Cast to celebrate the launch of Dzanc's new online literary journal, The Collagist with readings from contributors Charles Jensen, Kevin Wilson and Kim Chinquee.

Charles Jensen reads five poems from his collection Nanopedia. Kevin Wilson reads an excerpt from the Big Book of Forgotten Lunatics. And Kim Chinquee reads three pieces of flash fiction.

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"Who has never killed an hour? Not casually or without thought, but carefully: a premeditated murder of minutes. The violence comes from a combination of giving up, not caring, and a resignation that getting past it is all you can hope to accomplish. So you kill the hour. You do not work, you do not read, you do not daydream. If you sleep it is not because you need to sleep. And when at last it is over, there is no evidence: no weapon, no blood, and no body. The only clue might be the shadows beneath your eyes or a terribly thin line near the corner of your mouth indicating something has been suffered, that in the privacy of your life you have lost something and the loss is too empty to share."
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739402 Thanks for adding me as a friend. You're definitely an author to watch. Great chap--I totally loved it. Best, Tara


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