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And that's exactly where young author Matthew Salesses found himself years ago. And, at the same time, he began writing a fictional tale about a young man named Tee whose life is in turmoil, a family in shambles and an off-limits love – all set against the backdrop of a massive flood that devastates the city.
Now, a lifetime later (including a wife and a child) Salesses — now a Ph.D. student at the University of Houston's Creative Writing program — has finished his book, The Hundred-Year Flood, which was released this month.
Paige Phelps sat down with the new Houstonian to ask him more about his characters and his process.
