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mattwmiller.bsky.social
Poet, Essayist, Educator, Husband, Dad, Surfer. Aender the River (Texas Review Press), The Wounded for the Water (Salmon Poetry), Club Icarus (UNT), and Cameo Diner (Loom). Stegner Fellow, VCCA Fellow, Walter E Dakin Fellow. https://www.mattwmiller.com/
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Recently published essay about fathers and fatherhood as we approach Father's Day: cutleafjournal.com/content/the-...

Narratively just published my prize winning essay about my time teaching in the New Hampshire State Prison for Men: One of My Babies www.narratively.com/p/one-of-my-...

The incompetence is off the charts.

Congratulations to @mattwmiller.bsky.social, MFA candidate in Nonfiction! He was selected as a finalist in Narratively's 2024 Memoir Prize. 🎉 https://www.narratively.com/p/meet-the-grand-prize-winner-2024-memoir-prize

Pumped to have a new poem, "Cleveland" up at @commonmag.bsky.social . The poem may start off as a dig at myself and the city and middle age but turns into love for the people there so a big shout out to all my friends in and from The 216 www.thecommononline.org/february-25-...

The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.

The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.

More of this, America.

My dad would have been 80 today. Loved taking us to the movies. Here’s an essay about one of the last times I took him to the movies. cutleafjournal.com/content/retu...

Wonderful essay in Sport Litertate by my friend Eric Stinton about teaching set against the subculture of chicken fighting in Hawaii. sportliterate.org/wp-content/u...

Great poem by my dear friend Maggie Dietz up in Verse Daily!

Guess which ‘one’ hasn’t figured it out yet?! 👇 Just one guess. 🇺🇸

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