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Faculty Profile

Matthew R Bondurant

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English
Associate Professor of English
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Bondurant Hall, W208
University, MS 38677
(662) 915-6947
Joined UM: August 20, 2015

Areas of Expertise

  • ENGLISH LITERATURE
  • LITERATURE
  • LITERATURE, TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE
  • NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE
  • POSTMODERN CRITICISM
  • SHARKS
  • VIKINGS
  • WRITING
  • YOUTH AND TEEN LEISURE MARKETS

Brief Bio

Matt Bondurant's latest novel Oleander City was released nationwide June 14, 2022. His previous novels include The Night Swimmer, which was featured in the New York Times Book Review, Outside Magazine, and The Daily Beast, among others. His second novel The Wettest County in the World is an international bestseller, a New York Times Editor's Pick, a San Francisco Chronicle Best 50 Books of the Year, and was made into a feature film (Lawless) starring Shia Labeouf, Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain, Gary Oldman, and Guy Pearce. His first novel The Third Translation is an international bestseller, translated into 14 languages worldwide. He has published short stories in such journals as Glimmer Train, The New England Review, and Prairie Schooner, among others, and has written feature articles, and reviews for Outside, Newsweek, Texas Monthly, Huffington Post, and other media outlets. His non-fiction piece, "The Real Thing" was selected for the 2017 Best Food Writing Anthology. He has sold several original screenplays including development deals for one-hour dramatic television series with HBO/Cinemax and Warner Brothers Television. Matt has appeared on various media outlets including NPR, Radio France, The Discovery Channel, and MSNBC. He currently lives in Oxford, Mississippi where he serves as the Director of the MFA Program at the University of Mississippi.

Degrees

PhD
Creative Writing
Florida State University (2003)