Matthew Salesses

Matthew Salesses on the Possibilities of Climate Fiction

"If cli-fi acts as warning, and it is too late for warnings, what is the point? There must be another way."

 
By Matthew Salesses  February 23, 2024
Paperbacks

Matthew Salesses! V (Eve Ensler!) Doomsday cults! 26 books out in paperback this February.

By Gabrielle Bellot  February 2, 2024
First Draft

Matthew Salesses: Setting Restrictions Leads You to Narrative Possibilities

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   February 21, 2023
Otherppl

Matthew Salesses: “The K-Drama Ended Up Being the Piece That Helped Me To Put it Together”

By Otherppl with Brad Listi  January 19, 2023
Daily Fiction

The Sense of Wonder

By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 18, 2023
new books tuesday

18 new books to pick up at your local indie.

By Katie Yee  January 17, 2023
Open Form

Dawnie Walton in Praise of Say Anything’s Gangly, Vulnerable Male Lead

By Open Form  October 13, 2022
So Many Damn Books

Why Elaine Hsieh Chou Wrote Her Novel (from Scratch!) Three Times

By So Many Damn Books  June 28, 2022
The Maris Review

Matthew Salesses: If We’re Going to Tell Stories About the World, We Need to Make Better Decisions

By The Maris Review  August 26, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Matthew Salesses on Writing Plot and Cultural Context

By Matthew Salesses  June 25, 2021
Book Dreams

What Are the Downsides to the Way We Tell Stories?

By Book Dreams  April 29, 2021
Fiction/Non/Fiction

Workshop Politics: Matthew Salesses on Centering the Marginalized Writer

By Fiction Non Fiction  April 22, 2021
WMFA

Matthew Salesses on the Two Things a Workshop Can Do Best (and Often Fails Doing at All)

By WMFA   February 3, 2021
On Craft

25 Essential Notes on Craft from Matthew Salesses

By Matthew Salesses  January 19, 2021
Otherppl

Matthew Salesses on How Profound Loss Changed the Shape of His Novel

By Otherppl with Brad Listi  September 10, 2020
On Grief

Matthew Salesses: Holding it Together, Falling Apart

By Matthew Salesses  September 8, 2020
Feature

When Grief Becomes Surreal

By Tobias Carroll  July 15, 2016
Conversations

At the GrubStreet Writers of Color Roundtable

By Swati Khurana  May 26, 2016

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