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Matt Bell is the author of How They Were Found, forthcoming from Keyhole Press in October 2010, as well as three chapbooks, Wolf Parts (Keyhole Press), The Collectors (Caketrain Press), and How the Broken Lead the Blind (Willows Wept Press). His fiction has appeared in Conjunctions, Hayden's Ferry Review, Willow Springs, Unsaid, and American Short Fiction, and has been selected for inclusion in anthologies such as Best American Mystery Stories 2010 and Best American Fantasy 2. His book reviews and critical essays have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, American Book Review, and The Quarterly Conversation.

He is also the editor of The Collagist and of Dzanc's Best of the Web anthology series.

He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his wife Jessica, and can be reached via e-mail at mdbell79@gmail.com.

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Monday
Jun222009

Reading with Michael Czyzniejewski at Shaman Drum Bookshop on June 24, 2009

For anyone in the Ann Arbor area, I hope you'll come out and join me at Shaman Drum Bookshop this Wednesday at 7pm, where I'll be reading with my good friend Michael Czyzniejewski, the author of the fantastic story collection, Elephants in our Bedroom. I'll be reading from The Collectors, but I'll try to make it quick so we can get to Mike's great words a little faster.

Unfortunately, this will be one of Shaman Drum's final events, as the store will be closing its doors on June 30th, after 29 years of being in business. I've been to a couple dozen readings there over the years, and have always been impressed by the friendliness of their staff and the great selections upon their shelves. It's going to be a big loss to the local community to lose the store, and I'll personally be very sad to see it go as well. Ever since I went to my first reading at Shaman Drum years ago, I always hoped I'd be able to go back and read from a book of my own some day, and it's sad to finally get to do it under such circumstances.

That said, I'm very appreciative for all that owner Karl Pohrt have done for both local readers and writers, and I hope he and all his employees are doing as well as can be expected in these difficult times. If you're in the area and need to do some book shopping, they're currently running a 35% off sale on every book in the store, and I'm sure every little bit still helps.

Hopefully we'll see you Wednesday!

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