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Matthue Roth

Matthue Roth’s newest book is My First Kaf­ka: Rodents, Run­aways, and Giant Bugs, a pic­ture book, which will be released in June 2013. His young-adult nov­el Losers was just made a spe­cial selec­tion of the Amer­i­can Library Asso­ci­a­tion. He lives in Brookyn with his fam­i­ly and keeps a secret diary at www​.matthue​.com.
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30 Days, 30 Authors: Matthue Roth

Matthue Roth
December 10, 2017
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Eight Nights with Hevria: King Solomon and How to Write

One year ago, the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil launched the 8 Nights of Sto­ries series on The Pros­en­Peo­ple. For each of the eight nights of Chanukah, the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil…
Elad Neho­rai, Matthue Roth
December 16, 2014
Essay

How to Write about Mov­ing a Mountain

Ear­li­er this week, Matthue Roth wrote about why authors like to tor­ture peo­ple they love. He has been blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s Vis­it­ing Scribe…
Matthue Roth
December 11, 2014
Essay

Why Authors Like to Tor­ture Peo­ple We Love

Matthue Roth​’s first book, Nev­er Mind the Gold­bergs, was a NYPL Best Book for the Teen Age and an ALA Best Books nom­i­nee. His lat­est is The Gob­blings, illus­trat­ed…
Matthue Roth
December 9, 2014
Essay

A Lone­ly Golem

Ear­li­er this week, Matthue Roth wrote about why kids love scary sto­ries. He will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.I was try­ing to…
Matthue Roth
June 26, 2013
Essay

Why Kids Love Scary Stories

Matthue Roth​’s newest book is My First Kaf­ka: Rodents, Run­aways, and Giant Bugs. He lives in Brook­lyn with his fam­i­ly and keeps a secret diary at www​.matthue​.com. He…
Matthue Roth
June 25, 2013
Essay

Jews, Non-Jews, and Being Losers Together

Ear­li­er this week, Matthue Roth blogged about pub­lish­ing a real life old-fash­ioned book and get­ting up ear­ly. Yes­ter­day, I put out a Twit­ter call:…
Matthue Roth
December 9, 2011
Essay

Writ­ers Should Get Up Early

Ear­li­er this week, Matthue Roth blogged about pub­lish­ing a real life old-fash­ioned book. He will be blog­ging all week for JBC and MJL.As a glut­ton for tor­ture…
Matthue Roth
December 7, 2011
Essay

Pub­lish­ing a Real Life Old-Fash­ioned Book

Matthue Roth​’s lat­est book, Auto­mat­ic, is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging here for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing all week.Here’s the thing about…
Matthue Roth
December 5, 2011
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Non­fic­tion
Ein­stein in Kafka­land: How Albert Fell Down the Rab­bit Hole and Came Up with the Universe
Ken Krim­stein
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Non­fic­tion
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka; Ross Benjamin, trans.
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Fic­tion
The Hid­den Palace
Helene Weck­er
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Fic­tion
The Book of Dirt
Bram Press­er
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Fic­tion
A Man Lies Dreaming
Lavie Tid­har
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Fic­tion
The Golem and the Jin­ni: A Novel
Helene Weck­er
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Fic­tion
Hand-Dry­ing in Amer­i­ca: And Oth­er Stories
Ben Katchor
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Chil­dren’s
The Gob­blings
Matthue Roth; Rohan Daniel Eason, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
My First Kaf­ka: Run­aways, Rodents, and Giant Bugs
Matthue Roth; Rohan Daniel Eason, illus.
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Fic­tion
Losers
Matthue Roth
Interview

Inter­view: Matthue Roth

by Elie LichtscheinElie Licht­en­stein recent­ly spoke with Matthue Roth about his newest book, The Gob­blings.Elie Lichtschein: You’ve writ­ten both nov­els and pic­ture books.…
Elie Lichtschein
April 15, 2015

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