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Category Archives: Book Excerpts
Preface to “Soldier Boys” Short Story Ebook Collection (now published)
(Below is the preface for the Soldier Boys ebook. The book page contains purchase links and discount coupon codes. Further Readings on Civil War Fiction — an annotated bibliography which appears in the ebook’s appendix — is also online.) During … Continue reading
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Arthur and Adele: A Philosopher’s Strange, Complicated (and Tragic) Relationship with his Sister
(Here is an extended excerpt from the recently published book, Schopenhauer’s Will: Das Testament by Jack Matthews about the life of 19th century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. In this excerpt, Matthews reflects on Arthur Schopenhauer’s relationship with his sister Adele.) The … Continue reading
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Free Mp3: Miette reads a Jack Matthews story
Miette’s Bedtime Podcast is a distinguished podcast known for featuring classic and contemporary short stories by great & overlooked writers. Recently she did a reading of the great story A Woman of Properties which comes from the Crazy Woman short … Continue reading
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Jack Matthews: On choosing the right name for a story character
(Here is a brief excerpt from WORKER’s WRITEBOOK, an unpublished notebook about the art of writing fiction which Jack Matthews prepared for his Ohio U. creative writing students in the 1990s). An ebook version of this work will be available … Continue reading
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