Matthew Salesses

<p>Today we talk with Matthew Salesses (CRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD), author, professor, and dad. Topics include: his amazing daughter, learning how to write what you want to write, the good news about these young bucks in today's workshops, how Matt gets work done as a single father, HOW MATT HAS SURVIVED THIS ENTIRE PANDEMIC ON ONE TANK OF GAS WE SH*T YOU NOT.</p> <p>Salesses is the bestselling author of <em><a href= "http://goo.gl/gKKeDs" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener"><span class="has-inline-color">The Hundred-Year Flood</span></a></em>, an Amazon Best Book of September and Kindle First pick, an <em>Adoptive Families</em> Best Book of 2015, and a Best Book of the season at <em>Buzzfeed</em>, <em>Refinery29</em>, and <em>Gawker</em>, among others, and <em><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Disappear-Doppelg%C3%A4nger-Novel-Matthew-Salesses/dp/1503943267/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/134-0034838-6825152?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1503943267&pd_rd_r=e4025f0e-8998-42b9-84d6-bb0f6779ab12&pd_rd_w=gPc7I&pd_rd_wg=mZkLv&pf_rd_p=0b2db3d1-33eb-418a-9672-bb9bd54808e8&pf_rd_r=K5BBX391N2B6XWKA09D7&psc=1&refRID=K5BBX391N2B6XWKA09D7"><span class="has-inline-color">Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear</span></a></em>, a Best Book of the Year at <em>Thrillist.com</em>. His latest book, <em><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Real-World-Rethinking-Workshopping/dp/1948226804/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=craft+in+the+real+world&qid=1596652074&s=books&sr=1-1"> <span class="has-inline-color">Craft in the Real World</span></a></em>, explores alternative models of craft and the writing workshop, especially for marginalized writers. His previous books include <em><a href= "http://www.amazon.com/Im-Not-Saying-Just/dp/1937865061/" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class= "has-inline-color">I’m Not Saying, I’m Just Saying</span></a></em>; <em><a href= "http://www.amazon.com/Different-Racisms-Stereotypes-Individual-Masculinity-ebook/dp/B00K08T83C/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398781967&sr=1-1&keywords=9781632959003&tag=thougcatal0c-20