Matt Bell
"And don't say that I have changed/ Because, man, of course I have"

Male
27 years old
Ann Arbor, Michigan
United States



Last Login:7/24/2008
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    Matt Bell's Interests
BooksDenis Johnson, Chuck Palahniuk, Michael Martone, Ander Monson, George Saunders, Aimee Bender, Kelly Link, Scotty Snyder, Gary Amdahl, Tod Goldberg, Cormac McCarthy, Karen Russell, David Sedaris, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Many More

     Matt Bell's Details
Status:Married
Here for:Networking, Friends
Orientation:Straight
Hometown:Hemlock, MI
Body type:5' 8"
Ethnicity:White / Caucasian
Religion:Christian - other
Zodiac Sign:Virgo
Smoke / Drink:Yes / Yes
Children:Someday
Education:In college
Occupation:Writer/Editor

   Matt Bell's Schools
Oakland University
Rochester Hills, MICHIGAN
Graduated: 2006
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: English
 

2004 to 2006
Hemlock High School
Hemlock, MI
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
 

1994 to 1998

   Matt Bell's Networking
Publishing - Writer - Novelist
Short stories, essays, novel-in-progress
Publishing - Editor - Other
Book Review Editor for Newpages.com
Publishing - Writer - Critic
Book Review Editor for NewPages.com

   Matt Bell's Companies
NewPages.com
MI US
Book Review Editor

2008-present



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   Matt Bell's Blurbs
About me:
My writing has appeared in magazines such as Hobart, Barrelhouse, Juked, Caketrain, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Three of my stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and I am currently the Book Review editor at NewPages.com.

I can also be found on the web at www.mdbell.com
Who I'd like to meet:

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Matt Bell has 458 friends.
 Mrs. B 


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 *heaven sent* 


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 Hobart 


 Dzanc Books 


 **Jeff** 


 Caketrain 





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Brian





Jun 4 2008 5:56 AM

nice seein you in the lob
elizabeth ellen





Apr 2 2008 7:11 PM

thanks for dissin' me tonight, bell! real slick...
Keyhole Magazine





Mar 30 2008 12:03 AM

~*K-stal*~





Mar 31 2008 8:59 AM

Hey Matt I' am putting new stuff my
I-pod and wondering if you had any great new bands for me?
**Jeff**





Mar 23 2008 9:26 AM

The great Easter bunny says have a good one. It is a short story that I am working on up in the U.P. Happy Easter to you and the family.
DOGZPLOT





Feb 29 2008 12:45 PM

concerning the wendy's spicy baconator: hot going in, hotter going out. don't say you haven't been warned.
GUD Magazine





Feb 26 2008 4:46 AM

Just wanted to let you (and your comment-reading friends) know that GUD Issue 2 is now available for purchase! And if you create a GUD Magazine acccount, you'll get a full story or poem from the issue free, just to show you what we're made of!

Issue 2 celebrates Heaven, Earth, and Space in-between; it is touched by religion, grounded in technology and comfortable with the occult.

Including a language-stretching piece triggered by the Talmud from the legendary Hugh Fox, poems by haiku heavy-hitter Jim Kacian, the surprisingly touching “By Zombies; Eaten” from Christopher William Buecheler, and an alien perspective on human spirituality by Tina Connolly in the remarkable “The Salivary Reflex”

— all part of a drool-worthy two-hundred page selection of over twenty authors and artists.
Lisa McMann





Feb 19 2008 6:48 PM

Hey Matt Bell! So nice to see you here. How's your writing? I see you are doing some cool stuff as usual. :)

xo

Lisa
*Aubrey*





Feb 18 2008 8:36 PM

Whats up Mr. Bell? I'm all signed up to start school spring semester. That 10 year break after high school was just what I needed! :) Hope you're doing well, tell Jess Hi! for me..
Angie





Feb 13 2008 8:36 PM

Happy Valentine's Day
Awesome Graphics at pYzam.com

Kale





Feb 7 2008 8:45 AM

Hey, I have a book installation that I'm putting together for March 24th and I'd love it if you'd send me some poetry or prose for it! I think your work would be a good fit!!! (details are at http://www.myspace.com/pandoraink) The installation will be exhibited at Cranbrook's Forum Gallery and I'm also going to do a limited run of really nice books to go along with it... all before march... so if you're interested the sooner you get back to me, the better! (also, it can be work that has been previously published, too!)
Marseille Figs





Jan 23 2008 2:13 PM

Howdy from Marseille Figs HQ.
William Walsh





Jan 16 2008 8:08 AM

Hi, Matt. How've you been? Directing your attention to “Potato I Have” at ELIMAE. It’s a derived text that tracks Joyce’s use of the potato - a talisman for Bloom - in Ulysses.
Bruiser Review





Jan 8 2008 7:13 PM

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Dennis





Oct 28 2007 9:46 AM

Thanks for the Add, Matt!


Truly,

DM
Angie





Oct 15 2007 4:36 PM

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Just wanted to stop by and say hello & I miss ya alot. I hope everything is going well with you & Jess and your new job!
Robbie





Sep 12 2007 2:51 PM

muwah! see ya soon sweetie... have an awesome night :)
elizabeth ellen





Sep 4 2007 6:47 PM

congrats on your storyglossia finalist story, matt. now, when are we playin' poker?
Melissa





Aug 30 2007 6:58 PM

Happy barely-belated birthday! Hope you had a good day!
O Captain My Captain





Aug 30 2007 1:47 PM

Happy Birthday, man. Hope you're doing well.
*Aubrey*





Aug 29 2007 9:42 PM

Happy Birthday! Hopefully your celebrations don't include another fight with a parking lot. You totally got your ass kicked last time.
**Jeff**





Aug 29 2007 5:45 PM

I was thinking about you too.
naked.
I hope that's not gay.
♥♥Angel♥♥





Aug 29 2007 4:20 PM

Happy Birthday! I hope your wish comes true.
NESS





Aug 29 2007 2:36 PM

~Hope your having a great birthday Matt!~ I really miss getting on your nerves at work~LOL
Chad Simpson





Aug 29 2007 2:27 PM

Happy birthday, Matt.

I hope all's well up there.
Josh Maday





Aug 29 2007 1:30 PM

Happy Birthday, big guy.
amber





Aug 28 2007 7:55 PM

happy birthday matt! i hope yours is a great one. i miss your writing!
Clara Chandler *Writer*





Aug 28 2007 5:20 PM

Happy birthday, my friend! Long time, no see/hear/etc. Hope you are well and cranking out the writing. Me, I've been on a year-long hiatus that doesn't seem to be coming to an end.

Best,
CC aka Ginger H. Caudill
BeeGee





Aug 24 2007 10:51 AM

Okay heres the deal.
Why don't you and Jess move HOME and you can just live in the Giessel family basement. We can start a compound. A compound of only the coolest people on earth (the four of us of course)..

WE MISS AND LOVE YOU!

P.S. Yes, Jeff was wearing his pink chaps with nothing else. It didn't go over that well at the ceremony (I guess people are expected to not let their weiners out in a church?) But it was a HUGE hit at the reception!
Jak3 Styl3





Aug 24 2007 10:37 AM

~*K-stal*~





Aug 23 2007 12:02 PM

Doing anything fun or the B-day buddy?? Let me know if you got anything going on it would be nice to hang out!
Claudia





Aug 23 2007 10:54 AM

Hello Matt Bell. I just noticed you and my son were born in August, just a few dates apart. That must be good luck. Anyway, I hope you have a lovely birthday.
~Christina~





Aug 17 2007 12:12 AM

Hey Matt it was great seeing you tonight we will definitely have to get together more often now that you live down here. There are a lot of really cool places in Ann Arbor.
Zampanò





Aug 16 2007 2:27 AM



Fuck, I'm sorry dude. You don't even know how weird I feel today. Sporadic insomnia will ruin the best of plans.

I'll call you later, I'm off to work now...

SATURDAY???
*Aubrey*





Aug 12 2007 10:31 PM

Hopefully Thursday will work instead? Rita wants to hang out, too. I got asked to ghost write a book... I'll tell you about it when I see you. And Hi Jess!
Angie





Aug 11 2007 12:39 PM

I miss you already, when are you coming back?:(
~*K-stal*~





Aug 9 2007 8:06 PM

Hey buddy sorry I missed your party but man you just can't pass up Roller Derby try outs! N*e*ways buddy give me a call one day and we;ll go do lunch or something! GOOD LUCK!
BeeGee





Aug 9 2007 12:13 PM

Well lets see here.
(a) I didn't make it to class this morning.
(b) It took me like 45 minutes to clean the backyard.
(c) I fell asleep by the bathroom door.
(d) [the weirdest] I believe I may or may not have been wearing pants when I hugged you goodbye last night>!?!

P.S. MISS YOU and tell the wifey she missed a great time and I said HI!
*Aubrey*





Jul 4 2007 2:46 AM

I will be in town Frisy, is Daves buying me dinner ar what!? j/k what are you working that night? wanna go out for drinks?