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Alice Mattison

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  • Notable New York

Notable NYC: 10/20–10/26

  • Ian MacAllen
  • October 20, 2018
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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  • Notable New York

Notable NYC: 9/22–9/28

  • Ian MacAllen
  • September 22, 2018
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Notable NYC: 9/15–9/21

  • Ian MacAllen
  • September 15, 2018
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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The Rumpus Interview with Alice Mattison

  • Stephanie Trott
  • November 25, 2016
Alice Mattison discusses her newest book, The Kite and the String, a meditation on her lifelong journey through the craft of writing, the joys of teaching writing, and the importance of community.
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What Makes a Story a Story

  • Stephanie Bento
  • September 14, 2016
Over at the Atlantic, Joe Fassler talks to Alice Mattison about how Grace Paley’s short stories encouraged her to write fiction. Mattison recalls: From Paley, I learned that I could…
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Pulling the Strings of Coincidence

  • Kirstin Allio
  • September 1, 2016
Coincidence often gives fiction its chance to mean something. Over at Lit Hub, in an excerpt from her new book The Kite and the String, Alice Mattison walks us through brilliantly…
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The Kite and the String by Alice Mattison

  • Shawn Andrew Mitchell
  • August 16, 2016
Shawn Andrew Mitchell reviews The Kite and the String by Alice Mattison today in Rumpus Books.
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