Matt Bell

Matt Bell is an American author and professor of creative writing at Arizona State University whose fiction pushes the boundaries of literary form and imagination. He has been praised as one of the most innovative and ambitious voices in contemporary American fiction. A Tree or a Person or a Wall is a collection of short stories that showcases Bell's extraordinary range, blending realism, fable, science fiction, and myth. The stories are unified by Bell's willingness to take formal risks and his ability to find profound emotional resonance within experimental structures. The audiobook and book versions offer listeners and readers a challenging, rewarding collection of literary fiction. Bell's work appeals to readers who seek out fiction that takes risks, experiments with form, and refuses to settle for the conventional.