Matthew Asprey Matthew Asprey is a writer from Sydney, Australia. His short stories and essays have appeared in Island, Extempore, Total Cardboard, NEO, and various underground publications. In 2008 he was awarded second prize in the Australian National Jazz Writing Competition at the Melbourne Writers' Festival. He teaches creative writing at Macquarie University, Sydney.

Matthew Asprey blogs on books, movies, music and politics at
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SHORT STORIES Three recent short stories republished online: Villa des Bijoux PDF (May 21) A Cabin On A River PDF (May 28) Things Have Changed PDF (June 5) RECENT PUBLICATIONS Gut Bucket Blues in the November 2008 issue of EXTEMPORE Jack and Heather in the January 2007 print issue of TOTAL CARDBOARD

NON-FICTION "Losted" in Brownsville: Experiential Realism in Henry Roth's Call It Sleep an academic article in NEO: Journal for Higher Degree Research Candidates in Social Sciences and Humanities Peripatetic Burgess in THE END OF THE WORLD NEWSLETTER from the International Anthony Burgess Foundation (forthcoming) JAZZ WRITINGS Asprey's Jazz Vault at musicfeeds.com.au Plus reviews of The Mike Nock Trio The Gerard Masters Trio The Conglomerate Go To The Beach The 2005 Wangaratta Jazz Festival at www.jazz.org.au

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