Matt Lang

Matt Lang was born in Olean, New York and lived there for one year before moving with his family up and over the hill, across the border, to Rixford, Pennsylvania, into the house in which his mother grew up. He went to college in Erie, Pennsylvania, and lived there for two years in an almost constant state of misery. Had he stayed, he would have written one indispensable piece of American fiction before freezing to death surrounded by empty bottles in the abandoned house in which he would have...See more

Matt Lang was born in Olean, New York and lived there for one year before moving with his family up and over the hill, across the border, to Rixford, Pennsylvania, into the house in which his mother grew up. He went to college in Erie, Pennsylvania, and lived there for two years in an almost constant state of misery. Had he stayed, he would have written one indispensable piece of American fiction before freezing to death surrounded by empty bottles in the abandoned house in which he would have been squatting. But he left. He transferred to the College of Wooster and was happy there. He met the most important people in his life, including Emily Hendel, now his wife. Now he lives in a large house on the Southwest Side with his wife, daughter, and others, including some of those same important people from Wooster. He's written American fiction, including Fernweh, McKean County and Other Stories, and The Giraffe's Mustache: A Storybook You Can Color, the indispensability of which are debatable, but his house is well heated, if, at times, drafty. See less