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Matthew King’s nonfiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic, LARB, Electric Literature, The Millions, 3:AM Magazine, Quartz, USA Today, The Daily Dot, and other publications. He graduated from NYU’s Stern School of Business and is pursuing an MFA in nonfiction writing at Emerson College.
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