mattox roesch

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Welcome to MattoxRoesch.com.
My name is Matt. I am the author of this website and also of the novel Sometimes We're Always Real Same-Same, due out Sept. '09.
I write stories. I live with my wife and daughter in Unalakleet, AK. I ride a bike and eat fish. I try to enjoy life, and I try to help others enjoy life.

happenings.

6.1.09
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Bulter had this to say about Sometimes We're Always Real Same-Same:

"Though Mattox Roesch’s enchanting narrator in his debut novel is seventeen, the book is far more than a teen-coming-of-age tale. The deep and universal desire for connectedness is explored here in stunningly original ways that speak to us all. Sometimes We’re Always Real Same-Same is an exciting debut by one of America’s finest young writers."

4.20.09
"The Maluksuk," a story about fish counting and guilt, will be published by The Sun Magazine this fall. It's a beautiful publication that is completely supported by subscriptions and sales (not ads), and I'm thrilled to join them in all they do to challenge, educate, and inspire our society.

2.19.09
Sometimes We're Always Real Same-Same, my novel about Go-boy and Cesar and Kiana and bunch of other things (jail, spray-paint, heaven on earth), will be published by Unbridled Books this September!

12.12.08
The 2008 Pushcart Prize anthology gave my story "The Thing in Her Thumb" an honorable mention. That story orignially appeared in Redivider.

old news.

05.15.08
The short story "All the Way Rider" is available now in Narrative Magazine's Spring '08 issue! And it's free! Just visit their site.
A hardcopy edition is available here and it looks like this:

01.04.08
Two recent stories published. "Burn the House Down" and "The Thing in Her Thumb" appear in the latest issues of Indiana Review and Redivider. Single copies are available on their websites.

10.22.07
2007 Best American Nonrequired Reading showed up last week and the story "Humpies" is in there. The anthology looks great. Check it out at your local bookshop or any online bookseller, including Powells.com. For visual reference:

**And read what Minus Spine had to say about the story "Humpies." They're awfully nice.**