Melissa Matthewson
@mazzymaple.bsky.social
Writer ~ Prof ~ Author of Tracing the Desire Line (Split/Lip Press) & The Fire Trees (Forthcoming 2025 from punctum books) 🤎✨🌲
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I just started this book & pairing it with Ben Ware’s On Extinction. Making for an interesting end-of-year…✨
"Critchley is a generous enthusiast, as unpretentious as he is
distinguished.... For all his readability, he is a serious academic. You have to pay careful attention. But it pays off: this book is a real intellectual adventure."
A rave for Simon Critchley's Mysticism.
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distinguished.... For all his readability, he is a serious academic. You have to pay careful attention. But it pays off: this book is a real intellectual adventure."
A rave for Simon Critchley's Mysticism.
www.ft.com/content/8ac8...
In search of meaning — how to feed our spiritual hunger
Two books, by Will Eaves and Simon Critchley, explore how we can broaden our minds through religion, mysticism or music
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December 17, 2024 at 4:07 PM
I just started this book & pairing it with Ben Ware’s On Extinction. Making for an interesting end-of-year…✨
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🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 We're joined by the inimitable Simon Critchley to talk mysticism, ecstatic experience, aesthetic pleasure, and why having a self can be such a drag. Enjoy!
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82: Effing the Ineffable feat. Simon Critchley - Ordinary Unhappiness
Abby and Patrick are joined by philosopher Simon Critchley to discuss his new book, On Mysticism: The Experience of Ecstasy. They discuss how, for Critchley, mysticism represents "a way of thinking ab...
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December 15, 2024 at 2:28 PM
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 We're joined by the inimitable Simon Critchley to talk mysticism, ecstatic experience, aesthetic pleasure, and why having a self can be such a drag. Enjoy!
www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...
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Carson Scholar Astrid Liu navigates the intricate network of Chinese family and tradition while forging bonds with a vibrant new community.
https://www.terrain.org/2024/currents/floating-among-it-all/
#family #heritage #community #mushrooms #tucson
https://www.terrain.org/2024/currents/floating-among-it-all/
#family #heritage #community #mushrooms #tucson
Floating Among It All - Terrain.org
Carson Scholar Astrid Liu navigates the intricate network of Chinese family and tradition while forging bonds with a vibrant new community.
www.terrain.org
December 17, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Carson Scholar Astrid Liu navigates the intricate network of Chinese family and tradition while forging bonds with a vibrant new community.
https://www.terrain.org/2024/currents/floating-among-it-all/
#family #heritage #community #mushrooms #tucson
https://www.terrain.org/2024/currents/floating-among-it-all/
#family #heritage #community #mushrooms #tucson
Finished conferences with my MFA students yesterday, and one student ended with, “I heard you’re the sex writing expert in the program.” I don’t know about expert but I don’t mind that kind of notoriety. 😂 😆
December 17, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Finished conferences with my MFA students yesterday, and one student ended with, “I heard you’re the sex writing expert in the program.” I don’t know about expert but I don’t mind that kind of notoriety. 😂 😆
Reposted by Melissa Matthewson
🌟 Terrain.org’s 3rd Annual Online Auction & Fundraiser is live through Dec 17! 🌟
Support place-based writing & bid on unique items like signed books & broadsides, original artwork, writing workshops, & more—all while helping us reach our $15,000 goal!
👉 Bid now: us.givergy.com/terrainorg2024
Support place-based writing & bid on unique items like signed books & broadsides, original artwork, writing workshops, & more—all while helping us reach our $15,000 goal!
👉 Bid now: us.givergy.com/terrainorg2024
December 7, 2024 at 5:40 PM
🌟 Terrain.org’s 3rd Annual Online Auction & Fundraiser is live through Dec 17! 🌟
Support place-based writing & bid on unique items like signed books & broadsides, original artwork, writing workshops, & more—all while helping us reach our $15,000 goal!
👉 Bid now: us.givergy.com/terrainorg2024
Support place-based writing & bid on unique items like signed books & broadsides, original artwork, writing workshops, & more—all while helping us reach our $15,000 goal!
👉 Bid now: us.givergy.com/terrainorg2024
A beautiful thing here where I live here on the CA/OR border—the salmon return to the Klamath River. 🩷🤎
My short but sweet story for @highcountrynews.bsky.social also appears in the Winter print issue. It's accompanied by evocative images by photographer Paul Wilson. #Chinook #KlamathRiver #damremoval #restoration #salmon
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After the Klamath River dams came down, salmon came back - High Country News
What it's like to witness the first run of fish above the removed dams in over a century.
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December 6, 2024 at 1:13 AM
A beautiful thing here where I live here on the CA/OR border—the salmon return to the Klamath River. 🩷🤎
New here! I look forward to connecting. For now, here’s a beautiful photo from my recent residency at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony.
December 4, 2024 at 7:34 PM
New here! I look forward to connecting. For now, here’s a beautiful photo from my recent residency at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony.