Matt Durante
@mattdurante.bsky.social
We only get one spin on this blue ball, so seriously, go make stuff. Learn things. Stay out of the comfort bubble and be kind.
I'm a writer, marketing person, artist.
Drexel MFA 26
mattdurante.net
I'm a writer, marketing person, artist.
Drexel MFA 26
mattdurante.net
Karl Ove Knausgård and Tension
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Karl Ove Knausgård and Tension
Relentlessly driving the reader forward with intent.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Karl Ove Knausgård and Tension
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Here's a piece I wrote on the modern state of journalism and part of what's broken these days.
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Who What When Where Wait What?
The creative endeavors of Matt Durante
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September 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Here's a piece I wrote on the modern state of journalism and part of what's broken these days.
mattdurante.net/who-what-whe...
mattdurante.net/who-what-whe...
Just reminding you that switching to Garamond can improve your manuscript.
July 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Just reminding you that switching to Garamond can improve your manuscript.
Wrote a post on LinkedIn and I just don't think they appreciate this sort of thing there...I was simply using business terms.
"did you know own that circling back takes 1.21 gigawatts of electricity?"
"did you know own that circling back takes 1.21 gigawatts of electricity?"
July 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Wrote a post on LinkedIn and I just don't think they appreciate this sort of thing there...I was simply using business terms.
"did you know own that circling back takes 1.21 gigawatts of electricity?"
"did you know own that circling back takes 1.21 gigawatts of electricity?"
Hey writer people.
It's been years and I still don't know what I'm doing social media wise ever since the fall of Twitter.
Should I be posting on threads, bluesky, insta, all simultaneously? What gives.
#writingcommunity
It's been years and I still don't know what I'm doing social media wise ever since the fall of Twitter.
Should I be posting on threads, bluesky, insta, all simultaneously? What gives.
#writingcommunity
July 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hey writer people.
It's been years and I still don't know what I'm doing social media wise ever since the fall of Twitter.
Should I be posting on threads, bluesky, insta, all simultaneously? What gives.
#writingcommunity
It's been years and I still don't know what I'm doing social media wise ever since the fall of Twitter.
Should I be posting on threads, bluesky, insta, all simultaneously? What gives.
#writingcommunity
Upping my word count minimum to 2000 per day on Monday.
Send your thoughts and prayers.
AKA tp.
Send toilet paper.
Send your thoughts and prayers.
AKA tp.
Send toilet paper.
June 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Upping my word count minimum to 2000 per day on Monday.
Send your thoughts and prayers.
AKA tp.
Send toilet paper.
Send your thoughts and prayers.
AKA tp.
Send toilet paper.
June 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Got a message from your Grandma!
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mattdurante.net/grandma/
Grandma
The creative endeavors of Matt Durante
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June 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Got a message from your Grandma!
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mattdurante.net/grandma/
No jokes.
Here's a children's book I wrote and illustrated as a part of a graphic design project.
It was fun...and far less serious then my usual long form stuff.
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Here's a children's book I wrote and illustrated as a part of a graphic design project.
It was fun...and far less serious then my usual long form stuff.
issuu.com/mattdurante/...
An Elephant Never Forgets by Matt Durante - Issuu
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April 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
No jokes.
Here's a children's book I wrote and illustrated as a part of a graphic design project.
It was fun...and far less serious then my usual long form stuff.
issuu.com/mattdurante/...
Here's a children's book I wrote and illustrated as a part of a graphic design project.
It was fun...and far less serious then my usual long form stuff.
issuu.com/mattdurante/...
I get bummed out when I see someone using GenAI.
When I see writers using AI to write, they're categorically no longer writers.
Then there's this weird zone where I'm just freaking disappointed where I see writers using AI images in their ads and social posts. Like... don't.
When I see writers using AI to write, they're categorically no longer writers.
Then there's this weird zone where I'm just freaking disappointed where I see writers using AI images in their ads and social posts. Like... don't.
March 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I get bummed out when I see someone using GenAI.
When I see writers using AI to write, they're categorically no longer writers.
Then there's this weird zone where I'm just freaking disappointed where I see writers using AI images in their ads and social posts. Like... don't.
When I see writers using AI to write, they're categorically no longer writers.
Then there's this weird zone where I'm just freaking disappointed where I see writers using AI images in their ads and social posts. Like... don't.
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Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.
February 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.
I found this helpful:
"In times of storm, we mustn't allow the storm to enter ourselves; rather we have to find peace inside ourselves and then breath it out."
Anecdote from essay "Vermeer in Bosnia"
"In times of storm, we mustn't allow the storm to enter ourselves; rather we have to find peace inside ourselves and then breath it out."
Anecdote from essay "Vermeer in Bosnia"
February 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I found this helpful:
"In times of storm, we mustn't allow the storm to enter ourselves; rather we have to find peace inside ourselves and then breath it out."
Anecdote from essay "Vermeer in Bosnia"
"In times of storm, we mustn't allow the storm to enter ourselves; rather we have to find peace inside ourselves and then breath it out."
Anecdote from essay "Vermeer in Bosnia"
I'm spending a lot of time vacillating back and forth between absolute obstinance to feedback because obviously I’m a genius that you just don't understand and crying in a puddle because, on the other hand, all my work is absolute hogwash.
It's a snake eating its tail of unproductive energy.
It's a snake eating its tail of unproductive energy.
February 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm spending a lot of time vacillating back and forth between absolute obstinance to feedback because obviously I’m a genius that you just don't understand and crying in a puddle because, on the other hand, all my work is absolute hogwash.
It's a snake eating its tail of unproductive energy.
It's a snake eating its tail of unproductive energy.
What is art worth?
The creative endeavors of Matt Durante
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February 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A dispassionate word vomit about why we're all f*cked.
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#writingcommunity
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#writingcommunity
We're All Pretty F*cked
The creative endeavors of Matt Durante
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January 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A dispassionate word vomit about why we're all f*cked.
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#writingcommunity
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#writingcommunity
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays all.
Santa wants something from us this year.
Story:
https://buff.ly/49UCXPM
#happyholidays
Santa wants something from us this year.
Story:
https://buff.ly/49UCXPM
#happyholidays
The Best Request
Santa wants something from you this Christmas.
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December 25, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays all.
Santa wants something from us this year.
Story:
https://buff.ly/49UCXPM
#happyholidays
Santa wants something from us this year.
Story:
https://buff.ly/49UCXPM
#happyholidays
Here's something that really matters to me.
I wrote an essay reflecting on the challenges of parenting a neurodivergent child and wrestling with reality, especially given the fact that I, an absolute nutcase, am said parent.
I wrote an essay reflecting on the challenges of parenting a neurodivergent child and wrestling with reality, especially given the fact that I, an absolute nutcase, am said parent.
"Is he high functioning?"
The creative endeavors of Matt Durante
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December 24, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Here's something that really matters to me.
I wrote an essay reflecting on the challenges of parenting a neurodivergent child and wrestling with reality, especially given the fact that I, an absolute nutcase, am said parent.
I wrote an essay reflecting on the challenges of parenting a neurodivergent child and wrestling with reality, especially given the fact that I, an absolute nutcase, am said parent.
The existence of Ariana Grande suggests the existence of a smaller, Ariana Tall, and a larger, Ariana Venti.
Ariana Grande is in the Goldilocks zone of Arianas.
Ariana Grande is in the Goldilocks zone of Arianas.
December 23, 2024 at 1:55 PM
The existence of Ariana Grande suggests the existence of a smaller, Ariana Tall, and a larger, Ariana Venti.
Ariana Grande is in the Goldilocks zone of Arianas.
Ariana Grande is in the Goldilocks zone of Arianas.
How do you start your day?
Me:
Just crying and powering up in the shower thinking about DBZ ep "Save the World" at the end of the Cell Saga.
Gohan only had one arm. His bros all said eff it we'll die together. Spirit support from Dad. Vegeta with the clutch assist 😭
"NOW'S YOUR CHANCE!!!!"
Me:
Just crying and powering up in the shower thinking about DBZ ep "Save the World" at the end of the Cell Saga.
Gohan only had one arm. His bros all said eff it we'll die together. Spirit support from Dad. Vegeta with the clutch assist 😭
"NOW'S YOUR CHANCE!!!!"
December 23, 2024 at 1:21 PM
How do you start your day?
Me:
Just crying and powering up in the shower thinking about DBZ ep "Save the World" at the end of the Cell Saga.
Gohan only had one arm. His bros all said eff it we'll die together. Spirit support from Dad. Vegeta with the clutch assist 😭
"NOW'S YOUR CHANCE!!!!"
Me:
Just crying and powering up in the shower thinking about DBZ ep "Save the World" at the end of the Cell Saga.
Gohan only had one arm. His bros all said eff it we'll die together. Spirit support from Dad. Vegeta with the clutch assist 😭
"NOW'S YOUR CHANCE!!!!"
Inside of you are two wolves.
Oh.
No.
Wait.
You're just two wolves in a trench coat.
Carry on, I won't blow your cover.
Oh.
No.
Wait.
You're just two wolves in a trench coat.
Carry on, I won't blow your cover.
December 17, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Inside of you are two wolves.
Oh.
No.
Wait.
You're just two wolves in a trench coat.
Carry on, I won't blow your cover.
Oh.
No.
Wait.
You're just two wolves in a trench coat.
Carry on, I won't blow your cover.
Okay to all you wimps with your cold plunges...but have you spent any time in a hyperbolic time chamber?
Watching the last episodes of the Cell Saga with the kids before my workout, and I think I'm ready to ascend.
Watching the last episodes of the Cell Saga with the kids before my workout, and I think I'm ready to ascend.
December 7, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Okay to all you wimps with your cold plunges...but have you spent any time in a hyperbolic time chamber?
Watching the last episodes of the Cell Saga with the kids before my workout, and I think I'm ready to ascend.
Watching the last episodes of the Cell Saga with the kids before my workout, and I think I'm ready to ascend.
@alisonstine.bsky.social
it's here!!
I'm so excited for me right now. I've been so full of antici
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.....
........pation.
Get this book.
it's here!!
I'm so excited for me right now. I've been so full of antici
.....
.....
........pation.
Get this book.
December 3, 2024 at 11:02 PM
@alisonstine.bsky.social
it's here!!
I'm so excited for me right now. I've been so full of antici
.....
.....
........pation.
Get this book.
it's here!!
I'm so excited for me right now. I've been so full of antici
.....
.....
........pation.
Get this book.