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Matt Bondurant
(b.1971)Matt Bondurant was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia, and attended James Madison University where he recieved a B.A. and M.A., and received his PhD from Florida State University, where he was a Kingsbury Fellow. Matt is a two-time Bread Loaf waiter and staff member, and a Walter E. Dakin Fellow at the Sewanee Writer's Conference. His short fiction has appeared in The New England Review, Gulf Coast Review, The Hawaii Review, Prairie Schooner, and Glimmer Train, among others. He has also published poems in such journals as The Notre Dame Review and Ninth Letter among others.
Genres: Historical
New and upcoming books
Novels
The Third Translation (2005)
The Wettest County in the World (2008)
aka Lawless
The Night Swimmer (2012)
Oleander City (2022)
North Country (2025)
The Wettest County in the World (2008)
aka Lawless
The Night Swimmer (2012)
Oleander City (2022)
North Country (2025)
Matt Bondurant recommends
Rednecks (2024)
Taylor Brown
"Taylor Brown is one of the few [authors] who can write this well about noble men and women in such violent and difficult circumstances. . . [A]n important treatment of a lost war on American soil, an undervalued historical moment when the forces of labor rose up against their ruthless capitalist overlords. . . Every student of American history should read this book."
Beasts of the Earth (2022)
James Wade
"James Wade's Beasts of the Earth delivers on the promise of his first two novels with this scorched-earth tale of a solitary innocent struggling against the unrelenting misery of a rural community in the American South who believe him to be a degenerate criminal. Reminiscent of early McCarthy, Larry Brown, or the great Tom Franklin, Wade uses two timelines to weave this intricate story that culminates in a most satisfying crescendo of honor, violence, and the only kind of justice some folks ever get. It's his depictions of noble suffering that strike deepest--I'll be thinking about young Michael Fischer, a boy struggling to hold together that last fragments of his humanity, for a long time. James Wade has all the tools, imagination, and more than enough passion to be at the vanguard of the best Grit-Lit writers of his generation, and I'll be reading whatever he puts out."
The Ravaged (2022)
Frank Bill and Norman Reedus
"The Ravaged is a wild ride through the underbelly of America following three characters who are running for their lives and running into trouble. This bold foray into the classic road novel genre has plenty of ass-kicking and bloody knuckles, but ultimately Reedus is always aiming for the heart-muscle, and many readers will appreciate the deeply felt introspection and cathartic moments rendered here. Norman Reedus cannonballs the 'Grit-Lit' world with this audacious, rollicking debut novel."
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