she/her • appalachian; memoirist; essayist & enthusiast in everything. editorial assistant @splitlipthemag.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.social/post/3mlxvmeizc22lafter copyediting this month’s (very insightful) interview with author kate broad, i read her novel as well and loveeeed its complexities. whole may issue is gorgeous!! 💐 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:4dt6tjopfmhbvboo7sjvxdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxvmeizc22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.social/post/3ml6wttk64k2qlove you london ❤️06 May 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:4dt6tjopfmhbvboo7sjvxdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6wttk64k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.social/post/3mjzd6odu6s2kso excited about this news 🥳💗 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:4dt6tjopfmhbvboo7sjvxdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzd6odu6s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.social/post/3mjmpa7ori22nrecently 🫧 (emerging / trying out this platform again and hoping it sticks)16 Apr 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:4dt6tjopfmhbvboo7sjvxdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmpa7ori22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.social/post/3luak2xu2z22fforgot about everything else for a while and spent two perfect weeks deeply lost in my beloved appalachia ⛰️18 Jul 2025 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:4dt6tjopfmhbvboo7sjvxdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3luak2xu2z22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.social/post/3lp2t36ash22eim late posting about it (as usual) but two weekends ago on the recommendation of a friend i squeezed into this tiny glorious english bookstore in paris and it was just everything you dreamed about as a kid who loved books. it’s a beautiful feeling to discover a set of sliding bookshelves. 📚13 May 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:4dt6tjopfmhbvboo7sjvxdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2t36ash22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.social/post/3ln3xzj7xok2mi love italy and art and humanity and my best friend and orange trees and standing in the middle of a place that was buried in ash for hundreds of years and marveling at the beauty of everything. alternately, i went on vacation!18 Apr 2025 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:4dt6tjopfmhbvboo7sjvxdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3xzj7xok2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.social/post/3lllt3hlxk22fexcited to have this personal piece on my biological father and my childhood daydreams featured in rebirth, the recent anthology by the selkie. 🍓 ebook link: https://theselkie.co.uk/product/rebirth-the-selkie-anthology-book-2/30 Mar 2025 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:4dt6tjopfmhbvboo7sjvxdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lllt3hlxk22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.social/post/3lic7ycfj422wfebruary issue is gorgeous all around but this memoir in particular has stuck with me since the moment i laid eyes on it. it is so tender and beautiful ❤️ read and feast! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Feb 2025 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:4dt6tjopfmhbvboo7sjvxdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lic7ycfj422whttps://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.social/post/3lhtgsiys2c22suffering through my second head cold of 2025 (already) but there are some little joys ☀️10 Feb 2025 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:4dt6tjopfmhbvboo7sjvxdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtgsiys2c22https://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.social/post/3lhbm76rq4k2hfood for thought question recycled from my twitter: as a writer on trauma themes, where’s the balance between shock value and emotional resonance? how do you express trauma without sounding purely shocking and how do we know when a trauma is ready to be written about?03 Feb 2025 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:4dt6tjopfmhbvboo7sjvxdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbm76rq4k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cassiemattheis.bsky.social/post/3lh2a6odolk26trying to move with the (strange and unsettling) times by giving bluesky a shot 🦋 hi, i heard it can be nicer here!31 Jan 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:4dt6tjopfmhbvboo7sjvxdk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2a6odolk26