Category: Articles and Reviews
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Third Review of Straw Shoes
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Excerpts from a beautiful review by Rose Auburn 5 Stars! Freese originally wrote Straw Shoes in his early 30s. Some fifty years later, he revisited it, a much older man with five decades of lived experience effectively co-authoring with his younger self. Freese seamlessly blends youthful energy with elderly wisdom.…
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Second Review of Straw Shoes
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5 Stars! Review by Noémie Media Mathias B. Freese’s Straw Shoes is a remarkable literary achievement that transcends the boundaries of historical fiction to become something far more profound. It is a meditation on duality, resilience, and the eternal human struggle between surrender and defiance. Freese, a teacher, psychotherapist, and…
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First Review of Straw Shoes
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A special thank you to Grady Harp for this thoughtful review of my latest and final work, Straw Shoes. ‘The humble earth may outlast defiant rock’ – An eloquent journey in time “Mathias B. Freese earned his degrees from Queens College of the City University of New York and Stony…
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Book Review – From Survival to Self-Awareness: In the Throes Triumphs as a Visionary Sci-Fi Masterpiece
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Thank you to Andreas Michaelides of the blog A.M. News for such a thoughtful and celebratory review of my novel, In the Throes. He shares, “In the Throes by Mathias B. Freese is not just a book—it’s an experience that delves deep into the human condition through the lens of…