U.W. Employee's U.P. Stories Published

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U.W. Employee's U.P. Stories Published

May 20, 2013

“I'd always written, but never seriously,” said Simmons, who moved to Seattle in 2000. “It wasn't until I worked in a bookstore and spent enough time around authors and writing, and started reading more and more, that I discovered how to take things I'd always written and turn them into stories.”

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#039;s from today's Shelf Awareness feature on University Book Store staffer Matthew Simmons, whose collection of stories based on his upbringing in Michigan's Upper Peninsula publishes next Tuesday. Happy Rock, Dark Coast Press, will be launched with a party at Richard Hugo House on May 28.

Posted in Authors In Store | Tagged Dark Coast Press, Happy Rock, Matthew Simmons, Michigan, Richard Hugo House, Shelf Awareness, University Book Store, Upper Peninsula | 1 Response

One response to “U.W. Employee's U.P. Stories Published”

Brad Craft May 22, 2013 at 3:48 pm | Permalink

Good book, good guy. Check him out.

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