Matthew Klam

Writer, reader, professor, editor • Author of NYT Notables Who Is Rich? and Sam The Cat • editing help at

[Matthew Klam @MatthewKlam]

I had a great conversation with the brilliant Eric Puchner about his new novel and Oprah book pick DREAM STATE ... https://t.co/5H8Gefyo2R @penguinrandom @eastcitybooks

[Matthew Klam @MatthewKlam]

Dream State has already been optioned by a major studio -"A masterpiece," Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Johnson, starred review in Kirkus, "Deeply moving" - Boston Globe. I'll be in conversation with Eric this Thursday at East City Bookshop. It's also online. @eastcitybooks

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@AlecMacGillis 🙏🙏🙏

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

This recent short story by @MatthewKlam is one of the best depictions I have ever seen of the Gen X sandwich generation. Nails it.
https://t.co/hdwhGScmit

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@KVanValkenburg @ClaraJeffery “Dear God. We should’ve bombed these people with love.” ❤️

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@toddntucker 🙏🙏🙏

[Todd N. Tucker @toddntucker]

A lovely short story from Matthew Klam:
https://t.co/h0ZIzxAgDJ

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So excited to be in conversation with the incredible Sarah Vowell @RestonRCC 8pm 10/23 https://t.co/HtnFboqXYR

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Read the full short story, “Hi Daddy,” by Matthew Klam: https://t.co/5dcEBD6wy5

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

“I liked to pretend I’d had parents only casually, and didn’t want to be reminded of how hard I’d clung to them for so long. I was a terrible son.” New Fiction by Matthew Klam. https://t.co/NmfsJXDC94

[Hark Audio @HarkAudio]

Your guide to the best culture to listen to, watch and read this weekend. Featuring:
- @wesley_morris on the Wonder of Stevie
- @beabad00bee's new album on @SongExploder
- @MatthewKlam's short story "Hi Daddy"
https://t.co/dE4MwwGbxt

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Another stunner @MatthewKlam📖🖊️✨”Hi, Daddy” #fiction #quotes

“‘O.K., pal,’ and lifted her backpack. ‘Thanks for the nice ride. I love you and I’ll see you later.’”

“What was I doing? I wasn’t here for myself. I wasn’t here as myself. I was here for her, and she wasn’t here.”

[🐾Beware of Dogma🐾 @ellelljaytoo]

@NYerFiction @MatthewKlam A timely and poignant reflection on being “sandwiched” between generations—the pains of letting go and holding on, the crushing pressure of memory and nostalgia, and the existential wonderment of “how did I get here?” Brilliant, funny, and relatable to many. 📖🖊️#shortstories🌿✨

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🙏🙏🙏 @hshaddock

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"I came to understand that the narrator wants to fix things, and feels helpless at not being able to do so. . . . Time is moving on and he can’t stop it, and not being able to registers, to him, as a personal failure": @MatthewKlam on this week's story. https://t.co/y99edJwWMX

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

“I wonder what my narrator would have done if he’d lived in a time when it was the trend to beat your daughter with a stick or trade her for a goat,” Matthew Klam said, discussing his short story “Hi Daddy.” https://t.co/xZ5nH1ZGS8

[Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff]

This short story by @MatthewKlam caught me by surprise and held me until the gut punch of an end.

A story about transitions, grief, and letting go of the people you love.

https://t.co/kRrDRFRPn1

[New Yorker Fiction @NYerFiction]

On this week's episode of the Writer's Voice podcast, @MatthewKlam reads his story "Hi Daddy," from the October 14, 2024, issue of the magazine. https://t.co/g0FsxT8f7V

[🇺🇦 Dean Bakopoulos 🇺🇦 @DeanBakopoulos]

Will never forgive @MatthewKlam for completely destroying me on my evening walk. Listened to him reading this story on the @NYerFiction podcast and had to sit down on a log to sob

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Fiction in @NYerFiction @NewYorker about fatherhood, goodbyes, and wild horses. (Spoiler alert: the horse gets away.) Tried my best to make sense of these big transitions and I wonder whether anyone else had a moment like this , and I hope not but maybe it’s unavoidable?!