Author: Caylah Coffeen
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In the Throes: 5 Star Review from Readers’ Favorite
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Reviewed by Pikasho Deka for Readers’ Favorite Set in a brutal apocalyptic world with two suns, Mathias B. Freese’s In The Throes follows the story of a creature that unexpectedly attains awareness. The only thing Gruff’s undeveloped mind could fathom as he opened his eyes to the world was that…
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I Chisel my Petroglyphs – Essay 4
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By Mathias Freese In 1974 an editor, without my knowledge, submitted my story, “Herbie,”to Martha Foley, editor of the prestigious annual anthology, The BestAmerican Short Stories of 1974. In a section called “Distinctive ShortStories of 1974.” I was listed, unfortunately, with the wrong author’sname. That is another story. I was…
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Awareness to Awareness – Essay 3
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By Mathias Freese At a summer’s writers conference in Athens State University inAlabama, I was on a panel with a media specialist [Caylah Coffeen of Creative Cornerstones] and two other writers. The panel met after I had taught a workshop on self-awareness — or what Khrishnamurti called the awakening of…
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Say it to the World Relentlessly – Essay 2
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By Mathias Freese Listening Now to Puccini’s Aria, Che gelidamanina Sung by Alfredo Kraus Tis a riddle. How to sustain my innermost feelings about all things as Ievanesce into atoms that have long composed my bodily self. As Ireflect about the major chords in my existence, one looms most. It…