This Is Not a Love Song By Brendan Mathews You need an active subscription to view this contentYou should really subscribe now!Or login if you already have a subscription. Share — Issue: Summer 2013 / Volume 89/3 Published: December 16, 2013 Brendan Mathews Brendan Mathews writes fiction and teaches at Bard College at Simon’s Rock. A 2011 finalist for the Flannery O’Connor Short Fiction Prize, he has published in Best American Short Stories, Cincinnati Review, Glimmer Train, and others.