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Suzanne Matson discusses "Winnowing"

Name: Suzanne Matson discusses "Winnowing"
Start: 2026-11-06T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-06T01:00:00+00:00
Location: Newtonville Books

Newtonville Books

10 Langley Rd

Newton, MA, United States

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Please join us on Thursday, November 5th, at 7 pm, as Suzanne Matson discusses her new book, Winnowing. In Winnowing, Suzanne Matson examines our personal, cultural, and environmental relationship with material objects. Matson alternates between reflective essays on the nature of ownership and her own "Winnowing Log," a day-by-day account of her attempts to reduce the items in her home. Rather than a celebration or condemnation of material goods, Winnowing is a meditation on the personal and universal struggles and rewards of separating the chaff from the grain. Suzanne Matson is the author of several novels, including Ultraviolet, The Tree-Sitter, and The Hunger Moon, and three books of poetry, including her newest volume, As Creatures. Her poems, essays, and short fiction have been published widely in journals and periodicals. She is a professor at Boston College. (via Newtonville Books)

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Suzanne Matson

author of several novels, including Ultraviolet, The Tree-Sitter, and The Hunger Moon, and three books of poetry, including her newest volume, As Creatures. Her poems, essays, and short fiction have been published widely in journals and periodicals. She is a professor at Boston College.