The Rest of the Story (Novel), Boston, MA
A struggling small town in the American Heartland finds itself being used by America’s politicians, pop-culture producers, and advertisers in the battle over national identity.
“As the ideological civil war over “real America” continues to divide and dehumanize those in the margins, I hope the novel provokes nuanced discussion about class, culture, and national mythologies.”
Matthew Modica was born and raised near the Illinois-Wisconsin border. His fiction has appeared in Witness, The Antioch Review, and other literary journals and has received support from MacDowell, the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, and the University of Wisconsin’s Institute for Creative Writing, where he was a Carl Djerassi Fiction Fellow. He currently lives in Boston.
Visit Matthew’s website: www.matthewmodica.com