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REVIEW: Matthew Davis’s ‘Let Me Try Again’ November 01, 2024
You’ve had a great life.You settled down young, had a couple kids in the suburbs. Maybe you climbed the corporate ladder, or built a thriving small business vital to the community. You’re not rich, but “comfortable” — comfortable enough to send your ...
The Comfort of Memory August 30, 2024
IT LOOKS LIKE we’re coming to the end of “alt-lit.” The party’s over. People have had enough affectless prose, enough internet-mediated self-discovery, enough lowercase autofiction to last a lifetime. They’re tired of the style, but more importantly ...
Matthew Davis' Reading List August 21, 2024
Matthew Davis’ compelling debut has a voice you fall into as easily as the holes of your own self-delusion. A humiliatingly accurate portrait of our so-called modern life, Davis’ prose is blisteringly funny and alive. Ahead, Davis shares the books th...
"Let Me Try Again" by Matthew Davis August 19, 2024
A Romantic Tragicomedy of Faith, Family, and FollyRoss, twenty-three, isn’t nearly as clever as he thinks he is. His brilliant idea to break up with his girlfriend, Lora Liamant, in an attempt to show her how terrible other men are and how empty life...
