Ryan D. Matthews

Incredibly grateful, deeply honored, & pretty darn gobsmacked to be awarded a Courage to Write grant from the @degrootfoundation in support of my novel in progress. Congratulations to the other awardees, writers of note, and finalists!

@RallyReading @prachigu @_anjalikhosla Can’t wait!! 🩵🔥🩵

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by joining us as we kick off election season on Oct 3rd, at 7pm! Featuring John Manuel Arias, Prachi Gupta (@prachigu), and Anjali Khosla (@_anjalikhosla). Going to be a hell of a night!! Link in bio

@RallyReading @prachigu @_anjalikhosla @petescandystore Can’t wait!! 🩵🔥🩵

The Rally marches on!! Join us as we kick off election season on Oct. 3rd at 7pm. We’ll be featuring the staggering talents of John Manuel Arias, @prachigu, and @_anjalikhosla for readings and action at @PetesCandyStore. Going to be a great night!! For more visit the link in bio!

Being a writer is so often isolating and lonely but then sometimes you get to stand on stage and toss out your words to good folks in a good venue with prominent lightbulbs and here is a photo of said thing

@RallyReading @petescandystore @nellfreuden @BenPurkert Don’t miss it!! 🩵🔥🩵

The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort & convenience, but where they stand on joining us at @petescandystore as we kick off our new season on 9/5, at 7pm! Featuring the  talents of @nellfreuden, @BenPurkert, and Megan Nolan. Link in bio!

@RallyReading @petescandystore Don’t miss it! 🩵🔥🩵

Join us on 9/5 at 7pm at @petescandystore with Megan Nolan, whose debut, Acts of Desperation, has been translated into 13 languages & nominated for The Dylan Thomas Prize. Her 2nd novel, Ordinary Human Failings, was shortlisted for The Gordon Burn Prize, the Orwell Prize, & more!

@RallyReading @petescandystore @BenPurkert @VanityFair @NewYorker @thenation @Slate @WSJ Be there!! 🩵🔥🩵

Join us on 9/5 at 7pm at @petescandystore to kick off our new season with @BenPurkert, whose debut novel, The Men Can’t Be Saved, was named one of @VanityFair's Top 20 Books of 2023. His writing has appeared in @NewYorker, @thenation, @Slate , & @WSJ. Link in bio!

@RallyReading @petescandystore @nellfreuden @NewYorker Don’t miss it!! 🩵🔥🩵

Join us on 9/5 at 7pm at @petescandystore to kick off our new season of readings and actions with @nellfreuden, author of the novels Lost and Wanted, The Newlyweds, & The Dissident, & story collection Lucky Girls. Named one of @NewYorker “20 under 40." Link in bio!

@RallyReading @petescandystore @nellfreuden @BenPurkert @_anjalikhosla Don’t miss it!! 🩵🔥🩵

Come through on Thursday, Sept. 5th at 7pm as we kick off election season with readings and action at @PetesCandyStore, featuring the divine work of @nellfreuden, @BenPurkert, & @_anjalikhosla. Going to be one hell of a night!! Link in bio!

@RallyReading @nellfreuden @BenPurkert @_anjalikhosla @petescandystore Can't wait!!

The Rally marches on!! Join us as we kick off election season on Sept. 5th at 7pm. We’ll be featuring the staggering talents of @nellfreuden, @BenPurkert, & @_anjalikhosla for readings and action at @PetesCandyStore. Going to be a great night!! Link in bio!

Scenes from Thurs’s Rally! Featuring @ortile, @likethediner, @lezzdoothis & @briangresko. We raised money for queer & trans folks impacted by genocide via @TheMASGD, supporting, empowering, & connecting LGBTQ+ Muslims by challenging root causes of oppression. Donate at 🔗 in bio!

@FluentMundo Under the Net; The Sea, The Sea; The Book and the Brotherhood; A Fairly Honorable Defeat; The Nice and the Good. All truly fantastic!

iris murdoch… where should i start

@lezzdoothis @RallyReading @ortile @likethediner @briangresko Ha! VERY rude!!

@RyDMatthews @RallyReading @ortile @likethediner @briangresko It would be rude!

Help us close out our season by celebrating Pride TONIGHT, June 6th at 7pm! Featuring the prodigious talents of @ortile, @likethediner, and @lezzdoothis. With special guest host, @briangresko! Going to be a hell of a night!!