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In Nevada visiting family and decided to go on a photo safari last night to Red Rock Canyon. I’m location scouting for a documentary I’ve been working on and hope to finish this fall. I love being in the desert at night. #night #nightphotography #desert

While in the City of Light, Darkness jdmathes.substack.com/p/on-strange... #amreading #haibun #bookstores #haibun #photographs

"On Kerouac, On the Road, and On the Writing Process," is a new post up on my website. jdmathes.com/blog/on-kero... #jackkerouac #writingprocess #amwriting #writer #jdmathes

Thoughts of Van Gogh at Saint Rémy jdmathes.substack.com/p/saint-paul...

On the train headed to LAX, then on to Berlin. About artists, writers, musicians, and other intellectuals who washed up in Berlin. 🇩🇪 #berlin #travel #germany #amreading #reading

Thinking of painting in Arles #haibun #poetry #vangogh #espacevangogh #starrynight jdmathes.substack.com/p/espace-van...

I started a journal about the struggle and process of creating art on my website's blog. It'll different than my Substack posts. Consider this an invitation to read and comment. jdmathes.com/blog/a-journ...

They need to know. #googlemaps #google #lakeontario

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Musing about destruction... Read and let me know what you think. jdmathes.substack.com/p/over-mount... #haibun #mountsaintHelens #poetry #garysnyder #wildfire

Thrilled Beyond Bars accepted my essay “Of Photographs Capturing Time” for publication in an upcoming issue. It’s an excerpt from my California Book Awards nominated memoir Of Time and Punishment about re-entering society after incarceration. www.tamupress.com/book/9781622... #memoir

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From Idaho to Antarctica, from California to Paris, how many tables have I sat at with literary intentions and a beverage? This book will be better than the last and, according to some reviewers, the last is a must read. Link below to order your copy. www.tamupress.com/book/9781622...

From my last wildfire at Krassel on the Frank Church. #idaho #wildfire #wilderness #mypubliclands

I created this video essay for The Massachusetts Review from my essay, "Momma Tried," I published with them. The essay has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. youtu.be/qZVaKGpK2Fg #nonficiton #reentry #oftimeandpunishment #amwriting #video

When your cycling leader brings in a copy of your book to sign and then raves to everyone how great it is 💜 #oftimeandpunishment #memoir #nonfiction #writersofinstagram #writerlife

From my office at 35,000 feet. #writer #writerslife #novelinprogress

Bye, Baltimore. It was fun. I learned some things and met some cool fellow writers. #awp #memoir #penamericawritingforjustice #reentry #amwriting

Had a great time signing books with @fourthgenre yesterday. You can still buy copies @penamerica booth 1023! And almost all the postcards created by @sophiamathes.art are almost gone! People love them! #awp #memoir

Books need readers so come on by @fourthgenre table on today at 2:00pm where I will be signing Of Time and Punishment: A Memoir. Nominated for a California Book Award. The Midwest Book Review said: “Candid, exceptional, emotionally engaging, impressively written…” among other great things.

Books survived the chaotic trip to Baltimore and ready to be signed! Come on by the Fourth Genre table on Thursday at 2:00pm and get yours. Cover and postcard art by Sophia Mathes: Instagram @sophiamathes.art

I’m off to the post office to mail essays nominated for the Pushcart Prize! I’ve made Special Mention in the past and hope to make the table of contents this year. #literature #essays #pushcart #writerslife #nonfiction

Come on by and say hi. I’d love to see you. #awp #memoir @penamerica.bsky.social

A short essay thinking about The Three-Cornered World by Natume Soseki. substack.com/home/post/p-... #art #literature #Soseki

When we questioned why the U.S. spent nearly a trillion dollars and killed nearly a million people over twenty years in the Global War on Terror, we heard, "if we don't fight them over there, we will have to fight them here." The religious extremists are among us. #freedomofspeech

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If you’re so inclined, I will be leading a workshop in the personal essay. We have a good time as we help each other become better essayists. #writer #writerlife #author #workshop #inlandia #virtualclassroom #writersworkshop #nonfiction #literarynonfiction #essay #personalessay #literaryessay

Happy to have this up at The Sun. www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/rou... #memoir #literary #nonfiction #incarceration #reentry

While waiting, I read these wondrous poems. Time hasn’t caught up with us,/nor we with it,/we’re still behind because we’re running too fast,/the whole day isn’t enough anymore/to live half an hour. #amreading #cortázar #juliocortázar #poetry #books #poems

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Bookmark for Of Time and Punishment: A Memoir. Designed by Sophia Mathes. #bookmark #memoir #oftimeandpunishment #literature #literarymemoir #reentry #incarceration #rehabilitation #halfwayhouse

On Substack, I’m going write a series of essays to share my experiences writing this memoir, writing strategies and literature about crime and prison, and also branching out into exploring the carceral system. Join me, won't you? open.substack.com/pub/jdmathes...

Finally made it to the party.