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slo pony (Matt bender)
Matt Bender currently works in the international school system teaching World Literature and Composition in beautiful southern China, home of dim sum and the Cantonese language. His work has been featured in Necessary Fiction, daCunha International, Infernal Ink, and other fine publications. He also worked as a journalist for Word Magazine (Ho Chi Minh City edition) during his time living in Vietnam (2011 - 2015). His book, 3rd place winner of Press Pause's Beautiful Pause Prize (2024) (excerpt forthcoming in PP Volume 11), You're a Ghost in a Meatball on a Rock in a Vast and Empty Universe. Just Fucking Go For It Already, is a queer, punk, coming-of-age hero's quest about heroes' quests told in three parts, 23 chapters, and nine interludes. Check out Matt's post-punk band SLO Pony wherever you get your music and/or read his nonfiction at BenderBBender.medium.com.