Clive Matson He writes from an itch in his body...

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"Penetrating curiosity" is what his elementary school teacher saw in Clive Matson.
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Clive Matson: Rhythm & Muse - Clive reads from Chalcedony
July 25, 2009 7:00pm - July 25, 2009 9:35pm
Berkeley, CA

Clive Matson: Writing Highway 395
August 07, 2009 5:00pm - August 14, 2009 12:00pm
Highway 395 between Bridgeport and Yosemite, CA

Clive Matson: Clive Matson interviews on Jane Crown's Poetry Radio
August 22, 2009 3:00pm - August 22, 2009 4:00pm
Anywhere, Anywhere

Clive Matson: Ten-week Workshops
July 14, 2009 8:00pm - September 22, 2009 11:00pm
Oakland, CA

Clive Matson: Ten Week Open Workshop
July 16, 2009 12:00pm - September 24, 2009 3:00pm
Marin Area, CA

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Solstice Greetings
December 26, 2008
- Stark sunlight angling in low strikes a beautiful stone, flecked with gold and rot brown.
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What in the world what was Chalcedony doing right?
November 29, 2008
- I am looking at the galleys for Chalcedony's Second Ten Songs and I am totally gassed by the reader's responses to Chalcedony's First Ten Songs! Now selecting a few for the new back cover. What in the world what was Chalcedony doing right?
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tangible flesh ...lullaby of mystical musings, salted
May 21, 2008
- Just received the first in-depth response to Chalcedony - here it is!"I'm one of those people who never reads the preface, and it took me a couple of references to breasts to realize my perspective was definitely skewed. Back to the preface and... ahhh.... I love how this archetype, as Matson describes Chalcedony, pulls the poet into a lower world of her own deeper wisdom, an initiation ...
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