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Mauricio Matiz in The Ink Never Dries

Aug 7, 2022

Recalling the Schaefer Jingle in the Age of Gambling Ads

Commercials that anchor our times.

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Mauricio Matiz in The Ink Never Dries

Feb 28, 2021

Translation: “Enigma con una flor”

A new take on Pablo Neruda’s poem

Mauricio Matiz in The Ink Never Dries

Jun 15, 2020

The Great Figure 5

The painting and the William Carlos Williams poem

Mauricio Matiz in The Ink Never Dries

Oct 24, 2020

Mr. Baraz’s fifth grade class, 1968–1969.

My Teacher Excels at Spreading Joy

A reunion, fifty-two years in the making, confirms his life’s…

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Mauricio Matiz in The Ink Never Dries

Jan 8, 2021

View of the North Meadow, Central Park, NYC.

A Walking Reverie: My Commute for the Pandemic

A trek through the Manhattan grid eases into a groove

Mauricio Matiz in The Ink Never Dries

Feb 15, 2021

Photo of Alvaro B. Matiz posing with a 1946 Ford on the side of the road.

“I’m in Love with My Car”

My father’s fascination with automobiles.

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Mauricio Matiz in The Ink Never Dries

Jan 17, 2022

Sidney Poitier at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, alongside actors Harry Belafonte and Charlton Heston

Sidney Poitier’s Sir

Reflecting on the death of a twentieth-century cultural icon.

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Mauricio Matiz in The Ink Never Dries

Feb 15, 2020

My father at his desk, surrounded by papers and an antique typewriter. Colleague and file cabinets in the background.

Dad’s Staff Reviews

On this day, my father asked me to be his assistant

Mauricio Matiz in The Ink Never Dries

Jul 17, 2020

Summer Relief

The lessons and reward of having a factory summer job.

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Mauricio Matiz in The Ink Never Dries

Sep 7, 2020

A picture of Lily, a black cat, on the sofa. She’s in a pensive pose.

Ode to Lily

Our black cat who went to heaven.

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These were the top 10 stories published by The Ink Never Dries; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

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The Ink Never Dries

My collection of essays, short stories, and poems, some sorted into featured pages. A reading log highlight authors that influence my writing.

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