Monthly Archives: August 2011

Jack Matthews Mailing List is now working

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Robert Nagle

If you wish to stay posted about what’s going on with the books and life of Jack Matthews, you can sign up for the mailing list . Here’s what it will be used for: updates 4-6 times a year. Book … Continue reading →

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Profile & Review of Jack Matthews’ new novel “Gambler’s Nephew”

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Robert Nagle

Literary reporter and reviewer Jim Phillips does a nice writeup about Gambler’s Nephew for the Athens News. Half the pleasure in the book comes from its resemblance to a huge, shuffling, shaggy-dog story. Every time a new character comes on … Continue reading →

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A Worker’s Writebook: How Language Creates Stories by Jack Matthews

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Robert Nagle

Description of Book Since the early 1990s, Jack Matthews has distributed a photocopied version  of this 75,000 word writing guide to students in his fiction writing classes at Ohio University.  This guide offers insight about how successful writers mold raw  … Continue reading →

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