Tag Archives: alcohol

Minor Setback, Major Sacrifices

I received word today that a story I wrote set for pub­li­ca­tion this win­ter called Cre­ation Myth had to be dropped from the mag­a­zine due to bud­get cut­backs.  With­out giv­ing any­thing away to you, the story fea­tures at least David Bowie, but pos­si­bly another other-worldly musi­cian from the future–from now? Does that mean from now, then? …

08.06.2010 – 10:00:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

One’s Place in Contempoary Writing, One’s Writing Process, and One’s Insane Rant

Hard real­ism. Or maybe just dense but not impen­e­tra­ble real­ism. Regard­less of the title, it seems the new real­ism is in vogue at the moment with con­tem­po­rary writers—at the moment, mind you. Today’s lit jour­nal mas­ter­piece will be tomor­rows depression-era emer­gency toi­let paper. Or at least can be. Don’t get me wrong, though. I’m not say­ing …

08.03.2010 – 7:41:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

10. William the Unready

The explo­sive story of William Pow­ers, a young man who’d rather hold his breath for eter­nity than face the tribu­la­tions of the world. And he suc­ceeds admirably for about six months. Pub­lished in the Spring 2010 issue of A Cap­pella Zoo.

07.24.2010 – 3:53:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in Like Real Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

All the Young Gents: A Look into the Lives of Madurai’s Young Men

Over the course of five weeks, I con­ducted inves­tiga­tive field research on the lives and influ­ences of col­lege age men liv­ing in Madu­rai, India. Is the boo­gie man of West­ern influ­ence really per­me­at­ing Indian youth cul­ture today? Or do they cling fer­vently to tra­di­tion and her­itage? Read and learn what I uncovered.

07.20.2010 – 10:58:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in Ethnography | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)