Matti B.
@mattibl.bsky.social
Nonfiction writer & poet who loves ampersands. Work in McSweeney's, Rumpus, X-R-A-Y, Jake, Ekphrastic Review, & elsewhere. CNF MFA candidate @George Mason ❤️
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Send us: collages; watercolors; sculptures; yarn dyed with menstrual blood; portraits of people who don't and have never existed. When they invent Smell-o-Vision for magazines we will make a submission category for that, but for now the eyes will have to do. sotospeak.submittable.com/submit
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Send us: collages; watercolors; sculptures; yarn dyed with menstrual blood; portraits of people who don't and have never existed. When they invent Smell-o-Vision for magazines we will make a submission category for that, but for now the eyes will have to do. sotospeak.submittable.com/submit
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Maddie Ballard's debut memoir, Patchwork: A Sewist's Diary, published by @tinhouse.bsky.social was released today!
So to Speak editor Matti Ben-Lev interviewed Maddie about the influence of feminism and culture on her work. Read the full interview on our blog: sotospeakjournal.org/blog
So to Speak editor Matti Ben-Lev interviewed Maddie about the influence of feminism and culture on her work. Read the full interview on our blog: sotospeakjournal.org/blog
October 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Maddie Ballard's debut memoir, Patchwork: A Sewist's Diary, published by @tinhouse.bsky.social was released today!
So to Speak editor Matti Ben-Lev interviewed Maddie about the influence of feminism and culture on her work. Read the full interview on our blog: sotospeakjournal.org/blog
So to Speak editor Matti Ben-Lev interviewed Maddie about the influence of feminism and culture on her work. Read the full interview on our blog: sotospeakjournal.org/blog
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Send us your truth & your lies. Submit to our print issue, tell yr friends: sotospeak.submittable.com/submit
October 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Send us your truth & your lies. Submit to our print issue, tell yr friends: sotospeak.submittable.com/submit
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September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. ✨ Celebrate with one of these Lammys winners or finalists by Hispanic authors.
October 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. ✨ Celebrate with one of these Lammys winners or finalists by Hispanic authors.
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ya sex is nice but have you ever made a particularly pertinent comment during book club and everyone starts snapping in approval
September 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
ya sex is nice but have you ever made a particularly pertinent comment during book club and everyone starts snapping in approval
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one of my fave things about theme calls is when they inspire and turn into work that I'd maybe never expected but that totally knocks me out. today's story from Matti Ben-Lev is such a perfect example of that.
"When I got my second DUI..."
https://www.havehashad.com/ylr2s
"When I got my second DUI..."
https://www.havehashad.com/ylr2s
Five Times I’ve Seen My Father Cry by Matti Ben-Lev
When my sister was born. I was seven. That swollen creature, face plum and puffy. I’ve never seen my father’s eyes shiver quite like that, not even when Mom left, ten years later. After their divorce,…
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September 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
one of my fave things about theme calls is when they inspire and turn into work that I'd maybe never expected but that totally knocks me out. today's story from Matti Ben-Lev is such a perfect example of that.
"When I got my second DUI..."
https://www.havehashad.com/ylr2s
"When I got my second DUI..."
https://www.havehashad.com/ylr2s
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You spent $5600 on a newborn photography session depicting your baby dressed as a pot roast.
You don’t have enough newborn photos of your child around the house, and as soon as they’re of age they’ll seek validation from strangers on Instagram.
You don’t have enough newborn photos of your child around the house, and as soon as they’re of age they’ll seek validation from strangers on Instagram.
Quiz: Are You the Worst Fucking Parent?
Give yourself one point for each that applies: You work full-time. You stay home to raise the kids. You didn’t give the kids enough freedom to ...
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September 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You spent $5600 on a newborn photography session depicting your baby dressed as a pot roast.
You don’t have enough newborn photos of your child around the house, and as soon as they’re of age they’ll seek validation from strangers on Instagram.
You don’t have enough newborn photos of your child around the house, and as soon as they’re of age they’ll seek validation from strangers on Instagram.
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"If we replace Sir Racist Von Genocide, where do we draw the line? Will we raze our hallowed halls? Will we change our street names? Will we forbid the a cappella group from singing 'Let’s All Point and Laugh at the Nearest Marginalized Ethnic Group'?"
In Defense of Our College’s Mascot, Sir Racist Von Genocide
Dear Fellow Alumni, I write to you to address the recent controversy over our college’s long-standing mascot, Sir Racist Von Genocide. Clad in his ...
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September 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"If we replace Sir Racist Von Genocide, where do we draw the line? Will we raze our hallowed halls? Will we change our street names? Will we forbid the a cappella group from singing 'Let’s All Point and Laugh at the Nearest Marginalized Ethnic Group'?"
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we have a micro by Benjamin Drevlow @thedrevlow.bsky.social !
i'm starting to believe that what most ppl want most out of life is to be rescused from it...this 178 word story embodies that feeling for me. check it out
xraylitmag.com/late-to-work...
i'm starting to believe that what most ppl want most out of life is to be rescused from it...this 178 word story embodies that feeling for me. check it out
xraylitmag.com/late-to-work...
LATE TO WORK by Benjamin Drevlow
This morning I’m hauling ass across the intersection across from the Krispy Kreme opposite the Kum & Go so I don’t get steamrolled by one of the yokels in their jacked-up pickups when some old lady in...
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August 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
we have a micro by Benjamin Drevlow @thedrevlow.bsky.social !
i'm starting to believe that what most ppl want most out of life is to be rescused from it...this 178 word story embodies that feeling for me. check it out
xraylitmag.com/late-to-work...
i'm starting to believe that what most ppl want most out of life is to be rescused from it...this 178 word story embodies that feeling for me. check it out
xraylitmag.com/late-to-work...
For fans of crinkly water bottles, urine, and flash essays—new piece out with @xraylitmag.bsky.social 😁
xraylitmag.com/big-steve-hi...
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BIG STEVE HID WATER BOTTLES OF PISS BENEATH HIS BED by Matti Ben-Lev
He was used to being homeless. He was used to sleeping in his car in Philly parking lots. Once, he picked up a Tinder date, drove her 3 hours from Baltimore to Philly, rode around looking for his ex-g...
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August 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
For fans of crinkly water bottles, urine, and flash essays—new piece out with @xraylitmag.bsky.social 😁
xraylitmag.com/big-steve-hi...
xraylitmag.com/big-steve-hi...
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There is no God, start a literary magazine
June 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There is no God, start a literary magazine
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ISO a Reprint: what to do if your book goes out of print and you’re looking for a new publisher, from our executive editor @krisbigalk.bsky.social’s Substack, Letters From the Editor!
open.substack.com/pub/krisbiga...
open.substack.com/pub/krisbiga...
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ISO a Reprint: what to do if your book goes out of print and you’re looking for a new publisher, from our executive editor @Kris Bigalk’s Substack, Letters From the Editor.
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July 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
ISO a Reprint: what to do if your book goes out of print and you’re looking for a new publisher, from our executive editor @krisbigalk.bsky.social’s Substack, Letters From the Editor!
open.substack.com/pub/krisbiga...
open.substack.com/pub/krisbiga...
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Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
July 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
Woke up to some frickin' awesome news 😀
July 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Woke up to some frickin' awesome news 😀
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@hihannakarras.bsky.social makes her publication debut with an achingly gentle poem about miscarriage and aftercare - read it at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/hannakarras
June 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
@hihannakarras.bsky.social makes her publication debut with an achingly gentle poem about miscarriage and aftercare - read it at www.corporeallitmag.com/volume-xix/hannakarras
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"Frankly, the LAPD is too woke to shoot tear gas at children anymore, SWAT teams are hesitant to deploy tanks over yoga studios, and even some ICE agents hesitate before knocking down doors. It’s a slippery slope!"
Memo from the DHS: Deploy Megatron Before the LA Protesters Start Thinking They Have Rights
“The Pentagon significantly escalated the federal response to the immigration enforcement protests in Los Angeles on Monday, mobilizing a battalion...
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June 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"Frankly, the LAPD is too woke to shoot tear gas at children anymore, SWAT teams are hesitant to deploy tanks over yoga studios, and even some ICE agents hesitate before knocking down doors. It’s a slippery slope!"
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Unión del Barrio is reporting that ICE raided a church in Downey, CA, pulling a rifle on the pastor today.
June 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Unión del Barrio is reporting that ICE raided a church in Downey, CA, pulling a rifle on the pastor today.
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"My house is all legs & shoulders."
Wake up all your senses with these two gorgeously immersive poems from @satorigood.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/sator...
#poetry #PrideMonth
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Wake up all your senses with these two gorgeously immersive poems from @satorigood.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/sator...
#poetry #PrideMonth
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"My house is all legs & shoulders."
Wake up all your senses with these two gorgeously immersive poems from @satorigood.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/sator...
#poetry #PrideMonth
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
Wake up all your senses with these two gorgeously immersive poems from @satorigood.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/poetry/sator...
#poetry #PrideMonth
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
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June 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Encourage my fellow fiction writers on here to read Kazuo Ishiguro’s (excellent) Nobel Prize acceptance speech. This paragraph, in particular, has been very helpful to me over the past several years, even though—as Kazuo says—the concept seems, on its surface, quite simple.
May 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Encourage my fellow fiction writers on here to read Kazuo Ishiguro’s (excellent) Nobel Prize acceptance speech. This paragraph, in particular, has been very helpful to me over the past several years, even though—as Kazuo says—the concept seems, on its surface, quite simple.
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Uh, this is my name, so I had to share this! 🤣 But also, it's creepy and wonderful, so give it a read. Well done, Nick!
"I have a wicked sweet bed. I find it nuts that more people aren’t totally jealous of this amazing bed of mine. Man, it’s so sweet. I shouldn’t even be telling you about it."
SUPER fun one today from Nick Mendillo! 🏎️ 🛏️
https://www.havehashad.com/xcmns
SUPER fun one today from Nick Mendillo! 🏎️ 🛏️
https://www.havehashad.com/xcmns
Tiffany by Nick Mendillo
I have a wicked sweet bed. I find it nuts that more people aren’t totally jealous of this amazing bed of mine. Man, it’s so sweet. I shouldn’t even be telling you about it. First of all, it’s red.…
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May 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Uh, this is my name, so I had to share this! 🤣 But also, it's creepy and wonderful, so give it a read. Well done, Nick!