Matt Baker
Matt Baker was born in Indiana and grew up in Kansas. He lives in Oak Park, Illinois, and is a graduate of the University of Arkansas. He is the author of a novel, DRAG THE DARKNESS DOWN. His work has not been translated into any languages.
Articles by Matt Baker
BOOK REVIEW: Teresa Milbrodt
In Teresa Milbrodt’s phenomenal debut short story collection, Bearded Women Stories, freaks of human nature take center stage, carrying on the great Southern gothic tradition started by the likes of Flannery O’Connor. But this is not your grandmother’s Deep South gothic carnival. No, this is subtler, more mythical than existential, and, in fact, the stories in Milbrodt’s fantasy world largely take place in the least magical world of all: Ohio.
Matt Baker's Ode to the Dixie Association
I was looking for a sign, a direction, a clue. I'd been a religious skeptic since the age of seven when I was admonished by my Sunday-school teacher for saying, "You've got to be kidding me," when she told us the resurrection story. So, needless to say, I wasn't looking upward for my nudge.
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