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A homeless son and troubled father must reconnect before it's too late.

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60 quotes about 60 things I’ve learned in 60 years

My big divisible-by-five birthday has arrived! At past milestone birthdays and events, I’ve written lists of things I’ve learned during…

Jul 12, 2021

60 quotes about 60 things I’ve learned in 60 years

Jul 12, 2021

Protest isn’t peaceful

The No Kings Day protests were inspiring. Millions turned out in thousands of protests in large cities and small towns, blue states and red…

6d ago

Grayscale photo of police riot team on pedestrian lane. Original public domain image from Wikimedia Commons

6d ago

Don’t mess with Los Angeles

Let’s make a few things clear.

Jun 8

My LA Strong t-shirt

Jun 8

Your words are not your own and other lessons from going viral (again)

I can make a dozen posts about my writing and not get any views. But I make one post about Taylor Swift…

Jun 1

My post on Threads about Taylor Swift and Juan Soto got over 125,000 views so far.

Jun 1

AI reconsidered

Last year, I wrote about ways generative AI can help writers without infringing on others’ copyright and our creative expression. Much has…

May 27

AI reconsidered

May 27

What if?

If Kamala Harris were president, we wouldn’t be talking about tariffs. Or a $400 million “gift” from Qatar. We wouldn’t make enemies of our…

May 15

Former Vice President Kamala Harris

May 15

We’re more than Auschwitz

You probably heard about Dave Portnoy, the Jewish owner of Barstool Sports, and the antisemitic sign at one of his bars. His solution was…

May 8

The embroidered tallit bag my mom made me for my bar mitzvah.

May 8

Listen to your readers

The Commodore Los Angeles Super Show fell on the same bookish weekend as the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and Independent Bookstore…

May 3

One of my presentations at the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show

May 3

White Lies and broken men

As another part of preparing for the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show, I dug up the first novel I wrote. It was a project for a novel…

Apr 26

The title page for my novel White Lies with comments from my writing professor, Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes.

Apr 26

Don’t confuse history with nostalgia

To prepare for my presentations at next weekend’s Commodore Los Angeles Super Show, I’m relearning the first word processor I ever used…

Apr 20

The opening paragraphs of my novel Amiga transcribed into PaperClip for the Commodore 64.

Apr 20

Matthew Arnold Stern

Matthew Arnold Stern

Book Author

A novelist and award-winning public speaker and technical writer. My novels Amiga and The Remainders are available now.

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