Matthew Klam
Matthew Klam (born 1964) is an American short-story writer and essayist. He currently works as an instructor for the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.
The New Yorker named him one of the 25 best fiction writers under 40, and he has won a Guggenheim fellowship,[1] a PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Sam the Cat and Other Stories, a National Endowment of the Arts,[2] a Whiting Award[3] and an O. Henry Award.[4] His work appears in a variety of magazines, including The New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Harper's, Nerve, and The New York Times Magazine.[citation needed]
Klam graduated from Hollins College and the University of New Hampshire[citation needed]. He teaches at Johns Hopkins University.
Matt lives in Washington, D.C. with his daughter, Pixie, and his wife Lara Cox.
Selected bibliography
Books
- Sam the Cat and Other Stories ISBN 0-375-72661-6 (Vintage, 2001)
Stories and articles
- "Riding the Mo in the Pale Green Glow" (November 21, 1999, The New York Times)
- "Experiencing Ecstasy" (21 January 2001, The New York Times Magazine)
- "Fear and Laptops on the Campaign Trail" (26 September 2004, The New York Times Magazine)
- "Adina, Astrid, Chipewee, Jasmine" (15 May 2006, The New Yorker)
References
External links
- Author website
- Profile at The Whiting Foundation
- Interview on Pedestal magazine
- Interview on Beatrice.com
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