Matt Greene
@arealmattgreene.bsky.social
Van Occupanther Party Liaison. New novel, THE DEFINITIONS, coming 2025 with Dead Ink / Henry Holt
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Spent the morning with the three-year-old looking for "Battersea", a sort of psychogeographical non-space comprised of features from at least four other postcodes, two, possibly three of them imaginary. Deployed lunch at 10:02. A new record.
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Spent the morning with the three-year-old looking for "Battersea", a sort of psychogeographical non-space comprised of features from at least four other postcodes, two, possibly three of them imaginary. Deployed lunch at 10:02. A new record.
When you insult someone with the same name as the person you meant to insult, that's an ad homonym attack.
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
When you insult someone with the same name as the person you meant to insult, that's an ad homonym attack.
Who is the greatest villain in the history of cinema, and why is it Sy Ableman?
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Who is the greatest villain in the history of cinema, and why is it Sy Ableman?
First Annie Hall rewatch since Diane Keaton left for what I can only assume is a better place. I don't have anything clever to say but I must have watched that film forty times and I'll be shocked if I don't watch it forty more.
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
First Annie Hall rewatch since Diane Keaton left for what I can only assume is a better place. I don't have anything clever to say but I must have watched that film forty times and I'll be shocked if I don't watch it forty more.
Three hours making Brio train tracks to the specifications of a poorly slept three-year-old. Very Narrow Road To The Deep North
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Three hours making Brio train tracks to the specifications of a poorly slept three-year-old. Very Narrow Road To The Deep North
Mostly I don't regret my choices (two kids, self-employed) and I'm far luckier than most, but I am so, so curious to know what a sick day or a weekend feel like
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Mostly I don't regret my choices (two kids, self-employed) and I'm far luckier than most, but I am so, so curious to know what a sick day or a weekend feel like
Just explained the marshmallow test to the eight-year-old. What does it mean if the subject agrees to participate but only if the wait time and the number of additional marshmallows can be negotiated?
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just explained the marshmallow test to the eight-year-old. What does it mean if the subject agrees to participate but only if the wait time and the number of additional marshmallows can be negotiated?
Well, that concludes the moderated part of our discussion, I'd now like to hand over to the ten most obnoxious people in the room for questions from the floor.
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Well, that concludes the moderated part of our discussion, I'd now like to hand over to the ten most obnoxious people in the room for questions from the floor.
A rare sincere post. When you're playing 5-a-side football under floodlights on a rain-slicked 3G pitch and, during a break in play, you look up and see the steam lashing off of everyone's heads... not much beats that.
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A rare sincere post. When you're playing 5-a-side football under floodlights on a rain-slicked 3G pitch and, during a break in play, you look up and see the steam lashing off of everyone's heads... not much beats that.
First day at my new job running Hitler's PR. Time to take a big sip of my coffee and check the internet
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
First day at my new job running Hitler's PR. Time to take a big sip of my coffee and check the internet
Teaching Pride and Prejudice and it's so much fun as an introduction to free indirect speech. Austen was such a genius she could put you inside two different characters' heads in the course of a sentence, with an 'etc' or an exclamation mark. Doesn't get the credit. The best to ever do it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Teaching Pride and Prejudice and it's so much fun as an introduction to free indirect speech. Austen was such a genius she could put you inside two different characters' heads in the course of a sentence, with an 'etc' or an exclamation mark. Doesn't get the credit. The best to ever do it.
"I refuse to do the emotional labour of explaining this to you" is one phrase I wish I could port from social media to parenting.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
"I refuse to do the emotional labour of explaining this to you" is one phrase I wish I could port from social media to parenting.
Local dog groomers have frosted their windows. A real life example of a paywall
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Local dog groomers have frosted their windows. A real life example of a paywall
Third consecutive day of the two-year-old requesting porridge without oats for breakfast. Love to wake up into a high stakes paradox
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Third consecutive day of the two-year-old requesting porridge without oats for breakfast. Love to wake up into a high stakes paradox
I'll tell you one thing about passing forty, the phrase "long in the tooth" gets non-figurative pretty fucking fast
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'll tell you one thing about passing forty, the phrase "long in the tooth" gets non-figurative pretty fucking fast
Not saying there's a clear tonal shift in season 5, when David Chase replaces Josh Brand as showrunner, but in the episode of Northern Exposure I just watched a guest star tried to murder Maurice with a car bomb
November 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Not saying there's a clear tonal shift in season 5, when David Chase replaces Josh Brand as showrunner, but in the episode of Northern Exposure I just watched a guest star tried to murder Maurice with a car bomb
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We are just a little over a month away from #TheDefinitions by @arealmattgreene.bsky.social hitting shelves! 📖 Don't miss what reviewers are saying of the intimately told story that examines how the human spirit can flourish even under the most oppressive conditions. 💭
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We are just a little over a month away from #TheDefinitions by @arealmattgreene.bsky.social hitting shelves! 📖 Don't miss what reviewers are saying of the intimately told story that examines how the human spirit can flourish even under the most oppressive conditions. 💭
The Definitions has been out in the world now for three weeks. I've done most of my plugging on Instagram, so you people've got off lightly. Reviewers have said lovely things ('a masterclass' - Marie Claire) and readers either love or hate it or think that it's okay deadinkbooks.com/product/the-...
The Definitions - Dead Ink Books
The Definitions examines the limits of language, the power of human connection, and the ways the human spirit can flourish even under the most oppressive conditions.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The Definitions has been out in the world now for three weeks. I've done most of my plugging on Instagram, so you people've got off lightly. Reviewers have said lovely things ('a masterclass' - Marie Claire) and readers either love or hate it or think that it's okay deadinkbooks.com/product/the-...
Really fucked up. Bought a lottery ticket with the eight-year-old because it was today's least unreasonable request and we got three of the first four numbers. He's buzzing. Planning on reinvesting and applying what he's learned. For a £6 win I've made a lifelong gambler
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Really fucked up. Bought a lottery ticket with the eight-year-old because it was today's least unreasonable request and we got three of the first four numbers. He's buzzing. Planning on reinvesting and applying what he's learned. For a £6 win I've made a lifelong gambler
In a week when I had an event cancelled because the bookshop had sold "around [a non-round number] of tickets" this is quite satisfying.
October 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In a week when I had an event cancelled because the bookshop had sold "around [a non-round number] of tickets" this is quite satisfying.
Yes, parenting is hard, confronting, physically tiring and psychologically gruelling but it is also quite a lot putting something on your head and pretending to sneeze.
October 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Yes, parenting is hard, confronting, physically tiring and psychologically gruelling but it is also quite a lot putting something on your head and pretending to sneeze.
I realise we've turned him into a kind of punchline but one thing David Foster Wallace identified that we'd all do well to reflect on is that the moment we fucked ourselves was the moment we invented the remote control, thus allowing ourselves to change channels from a sitting position.
October 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I realise we've turned him into a kind of punchline but one thing David Foster Wallace identified that we'd all do well to reflect on is that the moment we fucked ourselves was the moment we invented the remote control, thus allowing ourselves to change channels from a sitting position.
This is tomorrow: www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail... When I was *actually* a debut author there was realistic hope that Sufjan Stevens might complete his 50 albums for 50 states project, but still, it's nice to be asked.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This is tomorrow: www.wearebardbooks.co.uk/event-detail... When I was *actually* a debut author there was realistic hope that Sufjan Stevens might complete his 50 albums for 50 states project, but still, it's nice to be asked.
If the trailer made it seem like a caper, please be reassured (or, I suppose, warned) that The Mastermind is a Kelly Reichardt film, with all that entails. Sad and beautiful. Sensational film-making.
October 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
If the trailer made it seem like a caper, please be reassured (or, I suppose, warned) that The Mastermind is a Kelly Reichardt film, with all that entails. Sad and beautiful. Sensational film-making.