Writer ~ Prof ~ Author of Tracing the Desire Line (Split/Lip Press) & The Fire Trees (Forthcoming 2025 from punctum books) 🤎✨🌲 melissamatthewson.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mazzymaple.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mazzymaple.bsky.social/post/3ldj7yiy5is2iI just started this book & pairing it with Ben Ware’s On Extinction. Making for an interesting end-of-year…✨ [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Dec 2024 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:2cw2rtsdjhlr2xpknbeipktm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldj7yiy5is2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mazzymaple.bsky.social/post/3ldj7qyv24s2iFinished 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. 😂 😆17 Dec 2024 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:2cw2rtsdjhlr2xpknbeipktm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldj7qyv24s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mazzymaple.bsky.social/post/3lclyw43lnk2dA beautiful thing here where I live here on the CA/OR border—the salmon return to the Klamath River. 🩷🤎 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Dec 2024 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:2cw2rtsdjhlr2xpknbeipktm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclyw43lnk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mazzymaple.bsky.social/post/3lcivjyr37k2uNew here! I look forward to connecting. For now, here’s a beautiful photo from my recent residency at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony.04 Dec 2024 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:2cw2rtsdjhlr2xpknbeipktm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcivjyr37k2u