Matt Gillick
@mattysquabbles.bsky.social
Dirtbag scribbles. Managing editor of Cult. Magazine.
Examine me: https://www.mattgillick.com/awards-and-publications
Examine Cult: https://www.cultmag.net/
I’m also the wife of ANTIFA General Portland McRibbit
Examine me: https://www.mattgillick.com/awards-and-publications
Examine Cult: https://www.cultmag.net/
I’m also the wife of ANTIFA General Portland McRibbit
Cool to see Coover on a display table at a pretty major city bookseller.
October 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Cool to see Coover on a display table at a pretty major city bookseller.
Oh boi, here I go.
October 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Oh boi, here I go.
Finished the trilogy. Is it enjoyable? In many spots, yes. Does it imprint itself in your mind and question yourself while trying to bat away such an impressed dread? Absolutely.
August 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Finished the trilogy. Is it enjoyable? In many spots, yes. Does it imprint itself in your mind and question yourself while trying to bat away such an impressed dread? Absolutely.
It’s fine, but not the work of genius people make it out to be. A fabulous exercise in summarized dialogue that ends up being predictable. Everyone happens to be so philosophical and outwardly introspective. Or maybe that’s the point and the narrator merely assigns meaning to empty space.
July 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It’s fine, but not the work of genius people make it out to be. A fabulous exercise in summarized dialogue that ends up being predictable. Everyone happens to be so philosophical and outwardly introspective. Or maybe that’s the point and the narrator merely assigns meaning to empty space.
Required viewing for anyone.
July 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Required viewing for anyone.
I’m bouncing between The Unnameable by Samuel Beckett and this one by Rachel Cusk.
Halfway through, and I think the writing is fantastic because she keeps me going while trolling through the lives of so many boring people.
Halfway through, and I think the writing is fantastic because she keeps me going while trolling through the lives of so many boring people.
July 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I’m bouncing between The Unnameable by Samuel Beckett and this one by Rachel Cusk.
Halfway through, and I think the writing is fantastic because she keeps me going while trolling through the lives of so many boring people.
Halfway through, and I think the writing is fantastic because she keeps me going while trolling through the lives of so many boring people.
Cronenberg is one of those guys who crawled into my head and never left. Haven’t saw this one! Next up…The Fly, which I have seen…when I was ten.
May 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Cronenberg is one of those guys who crawled into my head and never left. Haven’t saw this one! Next up…The Fly, which I have seen…when I was ten.
Once I finish a piece, I usually take a week off before diving back in, which gives me time to read more. After finishing the fantastic—though criminally under-read—Public Burning by Robert Coover, I’m cracking open his foundational influence, Samuel Beckett, and his novel trilogy.
May 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Once I finish a piece, I usually take a week off before diving back in, which gives me time to read more. After finishing the fantastic—though criminally under-read—Public Burning by Robert Coover, I’m cracking open his foundational influence, Samuel Beckett, and his novel trilogy.
Found this pristine 1986 hardcover at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity. Given what’s happening (nothing bad, just anxiety-fueling) in my little life, I felt comforted being guided to this gem by Coover’s ghost
May 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Found this pristine 1986 hardcover at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity. Given what’s happening (nothing bad, just anxiety-fueling) in my little life, I felt comforted being guided to this gem by Coover’s ghost
I just drafted a review/retrospective of Robert Coover’s final published work, Open House - @orbooks.bsky.social.
April 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I just drafted a review/retrospective of Robert Coover’s final published work, Open House - @orbooks.bsky.social.
The opening for The Public Burning can go up against any other great American novel because it gets to the heart of this nation’s DNA without spoonfeeding the message.
March 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The opening for The Public Burning can go up against any other great American novel because it gets to the heart of this nation’s DNA without spoonfeeding the message.
Here’s a preview of the upcoming issue of Cult. Magazine.
I talk about the time I freaked out at a corporatized dumpster fire music festival.
Buy an issue and 30% of your purchase goes to giving struggling Palestinians food, medicine, and housing.
Read: www.cultmag.net/blog-1/depra...
I talk about the time I freaked out at a corporatized dumpster fire music festival.
Buy an issue and 30% of your purchase goes to giving struggling Palestinians food, medicine, and housing.
Read: www.cultmag.net/blog-1/depra...
March 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Here’s a preview of the upcoming issue of Cult. Magazine.
I talk about the time I freaked out at a corporatized dumpster fire music festival.
Buy an issue and 30% of your purchase goes to giving struggling Palestinians food, medicine, and housing.
Read: www.cultmag.net/blog-1/depra...
I talk about the time I freaked out at a corporatized dumpster fire music festival.
Buy an issue and 30% of your purchase goes to giving struggling Palestinians food, medicine, and housing.
Read: www.cultmag.net/blog-1/depra...
I have a piece of writing coming out in March. It is completely normal.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
February 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I have a piece of writing coming out in March. It is completely normal.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
Today, the opening lines of Juvenal’s eighth satire rings especially well this morning.
January 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Today, the opening lines of Juvenal’s eighth satire rings especially well this morning.
Today, I am going to take a chunk out of The Satires of Juvenal. The guy’s humor was so dangerous, the Roman Empire exiled him for a few years.
January 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Today, I am going to take a chunk out of The Satires of Juvenal. The guy’s humor was so dangerous, the Roman Empire exiled him for a few years.
Today, I’m still on White Noise. It seems to fit the function of meandering fallout from a life changing event. Less invested in plot and more so in the ideas projected by characters pretending to be normal.
January 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Today, I’m still on White Noise. It seems to fit the function of meandering fallout from a life changing event. Less invested in plot and more so in the ideas projected by characters pretending to be normal.
Today, I’m reading White Noise by Don DeLillo. This book captures how fragile we are when we want to belong without a foundation of goodness.
January 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Today, I’m reading White Noise by Don DeLillo. This book captures how fragile we are when we want to belong without a foundation of goodness.
Today, I’m reading Meg Wolitzer’s 2017 edition of The Best American Short Stories. Some of them are wonderful journeys, while many strike me as effective, but soulless industry-craft.
January 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Today, I’m reading Meg Wolitzer’s 2017 edition of The Best American Short Stories. Some of them are wonderful journeys, while many strike me as effective, but soulless industry-craft.
Today, I’m reading the conclusion of From Hell by Alan Moore before watching the Ravens-Bills game. No writing today because I always take Sundays off.
January 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Today, I’m reading the conclusion of From Hell by Alan Moore before watching the Ravens-Bills game. No writing today because I always take Sundays off.
I wrote this a while back, but I shamelessly self-promote. EGG+FROG is a wonderful pub. They said it was incredibly rude and delightful.
Story: eggplusfrog.com/fiction-proc...
Story: eggplusfrog.com/fiction-proc...
January 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I wrote this a while back, but I shamelessly self-promote. EGG+FROG is a wonderful pub. They said it was incredibly rude and delightful.
Story: eggplusfrog.com/fiction-proc...
Story: eggplusfrog.com/fiction-proc...
So, you should buy one of these because it serves as an indulgence for heavenly real estate. www.cultmag.net/store
January 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
So, you should buy one of these because it serves as an indulgence for heavenly real estate. www.cultmag.net/store