Matthew Thomas will examine how time operates in works of narrative art—how writers advance time, how they summon past events, and suggest future ones. He will explore techniques for managing time—how to cover large swathes of it, how to slow it down, and expand an individual moment. In the course of the talk, he will consult several excerpts from published works.
Matthew Thomas's New York Times-bestselling novel, We Are Not Ourselves, was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and the John Gardner Fiction Book Award; longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, the Guardian First Book Award, and the Folio Prize; named a Notable Book of the year by The New York Times; named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Apple, and others; and named one of Janet Maslin’s ten favorite books of the year in The New York Times. We Are Not Ourselves is being translated into eighteen languages. Matthew has a BA from the University of Chicago, an MA from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University, and an MFA from the University of California, Irvine.