Disappear Doppelganger Disappear A Novel (Paperback) by MatthewSalesses Paperback, 316 Pages, Published 2020 by Amazon Publishing, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-5039-4325-4, ISBN: 1-5039-4325-9
"Set in a troubling time in which a presidential candidate is endorsed by the KKK and white men in red hats stalk Harvard Square, Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear is a haunting and frighteningly funny novel about Asian American stereotypes, ..."
"In the shadow of a looming flood that comes every one hundred years, Tee tries to convince himself that living in a new place will mean a new identity and a chance to shed the parallels between him and his adopted father. This beautiful and dreamlike story follows Tee, a twenty-two-year-old Korean-American, as he escapes to Prague in the wake of his uncle’s suicide and the aftermath of 9/11. His life intertwines with Pavel, a painter fa ..."
"In the shadow of a looming flood that comes every one hundred years, Tee tries to convince himself that living in a new place will mean a new identity and a chance to shed the parallels between him and his adopted father. This beautiful and dreamlike story follows Tee, a twenty-two-year-old Korean-American, as he escapes to Prague in the wake of his uncle’s suicide and the aftermath of 9/11. His life intertwines with Pavel, a painter fa ..."
""I'm Not Saying, I'm Just Saying," a novel in flash fiction, is a raw, honest look at parenting, commitment, morality, and the spaces that grow between and within us when we don't know what to say. In these 115 titled chapters, a man, who learns he has a 5-year-old son, is caught between the life he knows and a life he may not yet be ready for. This is a book that tears down the boundaries in relationships, sentences, origin and identit ..."
Craft In The Real World Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping (Paperback) by MatthewSalesses Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2021 by Catapult ISBN-13: 978-1-948226-80-6, ISBN: 1-948226-80-4
"In this bold and original examination of elements of writing—including plot, character, conflict, structure, and believability—and aspects of workshop—including the silenced writer and the imagined reader—Matthew Salesses asks ..."
"Literary short stories by established and emerging writers.Excerpts:Ingrid HillPavilionA tent maker has just completed a job for the army, the construction of several officers' tents for field maneuvers. He is carrying brown canvas, a color just a little too rich, a little too beautiful, for the army. But dye lots are irregular. What can one do? Jennifer Anne MosesDuty FreeHe remembered a time when he was maybe eleven or twelve when he' ..."
Different Racisms On Stereotypes, the Individual, and Asian American Masculinity (CD-Audio) by MatthewSalesses, Vince Canlas Published 2017 by Audible Studios On Brilliance ISBN-13: 978-1-5366-4722-8, ISBN: 1-5366-4722-5
"In 1953, after the end of the Korean War, 23 POWs refused to repatriate to America. THE LAST REPATRIATE tells the story of Theodore Dickerson, a prisoner who eventually returns to his home in Virginia in the midst of the McCarthy Era."
"The Therapy! Issue: We promise, it won't cure you. Featuring Bruce Cohen, Mary Rose O'Reilley, Ersi Sotiropoulous, Chris Gavaler, Peter Kocan, and H.L. Hix in conversation with Frank Bidart. This is literature as an expression of mental progress. It's not confessional so much as brutal. Honest, laced with self-deception, ample neuroses, and totally amazing poetry and short stories."
"This groundbreaking collection centers what it’s like growing up as an adoptee. These are stories by adoptees, for adoptees, reclaiming their own narratives."
Different Racisms On Stereotypes, the Individual, and Asian American Masculinity by MatthewSalesses Published 2014 by Thought Catalog ISBN-13: 978-1-63295-900-3, ISBN: 1-63295-900-3
"In Different Racisms, Matthew Salesses explores the unique racism Asian Americans face, including the model minority myth, the impact of Jeremy LinÕs fame on Asian American representation in national media, and AmericaÕs perception of ..."
"Fiction. A collection of stories from our top writers which confronts and reveals our working life today, ON THE CLOCK's authors include: Jim Daniels, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Daniel Orozco, Kennebrew Surant, Rick Attig, Lolita Hernandez, Michael Martone, Matthew Salesses, Matt Bell, M. Kaat Toy, Sean Lovelace, Billie Louise Jones, Lita Kurth, Anne Shewring, Dustin Hoffman, Tania Hershman, Nick Kocz, Michael Zadoorian, Steve Himmer, Pete And ..."
The Sense of Wonder A Novel by Salesses, Matthew Hardcover, Published 2023 by Little, Brown And Company ISBN-13: 978-0-316-42571-1, ISBN: 0-316-42571-0
The Southwest Anthology The Best of the Writing Programs (Paperback) by Deseree Probasco Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2017 by Texas Review Press ISBN-13: 978-1-68003-131-7, ISBN: 1-68003-131-7
"In the tradition of "Native Speaker" and "The Family Fang," Matthew Salesses weaves together the tangled threads of identity, love, growing up, and relationships in his stunning first novel, "The Hundred-Year Flood." This beautiful and dreamlike debut follows twenty-two-year-old Tee as he escapes to Prague in the wake of his uncle s suicide and the aftermath of 9/11. Tee tries to convince himself that living in a new place will mean a n ..."