We’re very excited to welcome author Matthew Goldberg to Skylark on May 15 to introduce his collection of short stories, Night Watch, which recently won the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. In addition to winning prizes, the collection has been garnering rave reviews from literary luminaries. Take, for example, this from Deesha Phiyaw, author of the 2021 PEN/Faulkner winner, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies: “I couldn’t stop reading. The stories in Night Watch are as heart-piercing and tender, as they are propulsive and clever. Goldberg’s style and approach to characterization makes me feel like a voyeur…Goldberg’s razor-sharp stories remind me there are extraordinary, sometimes diabolical narratives we don’t see, hidden in the ordinary.”