Matt Seidel is a freelance writer living in Durham, NC. His work has appeared in The Millions, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, The Morning News, and The Awl, among others.

Nostalgia

The seasons are changing, but let’s linger for a moment on those books that capture one summer day, from Bellow to Woolf.

Bad Company

From Paris in The Iliad to Mickey Sabbath in Sabbath’s Theater, horrible house guests have invited themselves into people’s homes and powered countless chaotic narratives in our literature. Matt Seidel looks at the different ways three recent novels draw from this disruptive theme.