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Matthew Gavin Frank is the author of the nonfiction books, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers, The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour Through America’s Food, Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer, Pot Farm, and Barolo; the poetry books, The Morrow Plots, Warranty in Zulu, and Sagittarius Agitprop, and 2 chapbooks. “Preparing the Ghost” was a New York Times Editors' Choice, an NPR Notable Book, and a New Yorker Book to Watch Out For. “The Mad Feast” was selected as a Staff Pick by The Paris Review, a Best Book of 2015 by Ploughshares, The Millions, and Paste Magazine, and featured in The Wall Street Journal, Saveur, and Entertainment Weekly. His work appears widely in journals and magazines, including The ...more

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Matthew Gavin Frank The muse often arrives during the writing process, and not beforehand. So, I tend to cure writer's block by sitting down and just writing...anything. …moreThe muse often arrives during the writing process, and not beforehand. So, I tend to cure writer's block by sitting down and just writing...anything. (less)
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Flight of the Diamond Smugg...

3.13 avg rating — 416 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions
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Preparing the Ghost: An Ess...

3.76 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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Submersed: Wonder, Obsessio...

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2.88 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions
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Barolo

3.51 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions
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Pot Farm

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Sagittarius Agitprop

4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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The Morrow Plots

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Warranty in Zulu

4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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Four Hours to Mpumalanga

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008
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"I had hit a wall in the writing process and had to light out for Newfoundland in order to conduct on-site research, and walk the same morning walk that Harvey ritualistically walked (the one that led him on that fateful morning, to the giant squid), and get drunk with Harvey’s descendants, and immerse myself in what the filmmaker Werner Herzog sometimes controversially refers to as 'the voodoo of Read more of this blog post »
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Matthew Gavin Frank Author & Book Promotions wrote: "Greetings Matthew, and thank you for the add! I was trying to read samples of your poems but couldn't fine any. I would invite you to please read samples of Unscrambled Eggs -- a poetry collection."

Author & Book Promotions wrote: "Greetings Matthew, and thank you for the add! I was trying to read samples of your poems but couldn't fine any. I would invite you to please read samples of Unscrambled Eggs -- a poetry collection."

Will do! I have poetry samples on my webpage: www.matthewgfrank.com Also: Google "Matthew Gavin Frank" with quotes around it and stuff'll come up (Verse Daily stuff and others...) Where exactly can I find Unscrambled Eggs?




Author & Book Promotions Greetings Matthew, and thank you for the add! I was trying to read samples of your poems but couldn't fine any. I would invite you to please read samples of Unscrambled Eggs -- a poetry collection.


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