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Fiction. When his new roommate's brother dies tragically, the unnamed narrator of A JELLO HORSE offers to drive him home to the Midwest. Feeling anxious and displaced, he embarks on another roadtrip to visit the bizarre attractions and quirky museums in America's heartland. "Matthew Simmons has found a beautiful and extraordinary way to tell a story about the sweetness of sadness and the aloneness of loneliness"--Michael Kimball, author of Dear Everybody.Author Hometown: SEATTLE, WA USAAbout the author: Matthew Simmons has published stories in numerous journals. He lives in Seattle with his cat, Emmett. Among other things he is The Man Who Couldn't Blog (http://themanwhocouldntblog.blogspot.com/). Reviews:http://htmlgiant.com/?p=9802http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/how-much-of-your-fiction-is-real/Content?oid=1740595http://themanwhocouldntblog.blogspot.com/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200910/?read=review_simmonshttp://denniscooper-theweaklings.blogspot.com/2009/11/four-books-i-read-recently-and-loved.htmlhttp://sabraembury.blogspot.com/2009/07/book-review-jello-horse.htmlhttp://probablyjustastory.blogspot.com/2009/09/ooo-just-finished-consuming-matthew.htmlhttp://openlettersmonthly.com/blog/jello-horse/Gabe Durham's Best of 2010 @ BIG OTHER
The Book of a Thousand Eyes Lyn Hejinian
The Falling Horse Julia Johnson
Sea and Fog Etel Adnan
Obedience Chris Vitiello
Scubadivers and Chrysanthemums: Essays on the Poetry of Araki Yasusada Bill Freind, Editor
We Have with Us Your Sky Melanie Hubbard