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The Ink Never Dries
A collection of essays, short stories, and poems by Mauricio Matiz.
Essays
Fiction
Poems
Published
My Father (Series)
Reading Log
Remembering Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez
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Remembering Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez
Published at Human Parts
My Father (Series)
And Down the Stretch They Come
And Down the Stretch They Come
On this day, my father’s rebuttal of a reference-book detail was an early lesson in the value of a skeptical mindset
Mauricio Matiz
Feb 19
The Super 8 Years
The Super 8 Years
On this day, and many other days, my father was the cameraman.
Mauricio Matiz
Feb 16, 2023
The Encyclopedia Salesman’s House Call
The Encyclopedia Salesman’s House Call
The irresistible scent of new books bewitched my father.
Mauricio Matiz
Feb 17, 2022
From the Reading Logs
The Books I’m Reading in 2024
The Books I’m Reading in 2024
My current year reading log with links to reviews (5)
Mauricio Matiz
Feb 27
The Books I Read in 2023
The Books I Read in 2023
A year-end summary from my reading log (28)
Mauricio Matiz
Jan 2
Memoirs
My Korean American Story
My Korean American Story
Assembling the Sunday New York Times at the Choi’s.
Mauricio Matiz
Aug 28, 2020
Summer Relief
Summer Relief
The lessons and reward of having a factory summer job.
Mauricio Matiz
Jul 17, 2020
Fixing a Hole
Fixing a Hole
Greetings from Paul McCartney at the hospital.
Mauricio Matiz
Nov 18, 2014
Fiction
A Secret Hardens
A Secret Hardens
The babysitter’s secret behind the twins’ footprints.
Mauricio Matiz
Apr 25, 2023
Ludwig’s Extension
Ludwig’s Extension
Ludwig recalls the days before his extension, the day of his extension, and, now, his near immortality.
Mauricio Matiz
Nov 14, 2021
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