Matt Sailor. Writer.
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Matt is a writer and editor living in Portland, Oregon. He earned his MFA in fiction from Georgia State University, where he was editor-in-chief of New South for two years. He lived in Atlanta for over 20 years, and was born in Lansing, Michigan. Much of his work is informed by the time he spent in the Midwest.  He is the fiction editor at The Mondegreen and a former associate editor at NANO Fiction. By day, he is a creative director at AHA,  a marketing and strategic communications agency in Vancouver, Washington. 

His fiction and essays have appeared in many publications, including PANK, Five Chapters, AGNI, Paper Darts, and Day One. His work was featured in Bring the Noise: The Best Pop Culture Essays from Barrelhouse. His ongoing pop culture memoir series, "Great Moments In Cinematic Drinking" is currently running at Hobart. He was awarded a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in creative writing for his novel, 1985. 

You can reach Matt at mattsailor AT gmail DOT com, or @MattSailor on Twitter.

Hello friends.

Whatever you do or don’t believe about this time of year, it has been true for about as far back as anyone alive can figure that human beings have celebrated the darkest day of the year with a festival of light and rebirth. In our household, this year isn’t one we’ll be remembering for its light. We’ve lost a lot, so it’s all the more important to take time to celebrate what will always be here no matter how much we lose.

Our wish for you is peace, and hope, no matter what this season does or doesn’t mean to you, whether it’s happy or sad, light or dark. There is a little of all of those moods on this, the 14th almost-annual holiday playlist I’ve sent out. I hope you find something here that makes you feel a little warmer. This year we’re giving up the analog ghost. You can listen on Spotify or Tidal.

However you decide to listen (and whether or not you do), Meagan and I hope 2019 brings you something new.

Cheers,
Matt
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