Matt Seidel
Articles
Sun, Hum, and Shade
Matt Seidel reviews Martha Cooley's "Guesswork: A Reckoning With Loss."
Ulterior Designs: Marc Nieson’s “Schoolhouse”
Matt Seidel on Marc Nieson's "Schoolhouse."
Savage and Unruly Minds
Matt Seidel jumps into a cage with Steven Church.
Ephemeral Epiphanies
"Between You and Me," the tale of a middle-aged Manhattanite's domestication in the "raccoon-infested wilds of northern New Jersey," is a lovely, quiet novel.
The Reluctant Angeleno
A review of David Ulin's "Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles."
My Dinner with David
Male friendship and the nature of argument.
The Philosophy of Pugilistic Spectacle
Howley's book is not meant to convert anyone to the beauties of mixed martial arts (though it may).
Covert Paradises: The Forgotten Fiction of David Stacton
In 1963, David Stacton was at the center of the American literary world, ranked by TIME among Roth, Ellison, Updike, and Walker Percy; now, he is not.
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