Squish Boots

Open this book and fall into a tumultuous world where each act sings, shouts, and cries the full chorus of the unconscious. Matson uses kaleidoscopic images that infiltrate our workday defenses and invite our deepest feelings and truths to surface. A roller coaster ride with an old sage/young boy, hair streaming white, knuckles clenched, eyes closed, laughing. When you open those eyes, what do you see?

Squish Boots emerged from Clive Matson's own teaching practice and the "Crazy Child" exercise at the heart of his creative writing method.

Cover graphic by William Blake. Broken Shadow Publications, Oakland, California, 2002.