Winnowing by Matson, Suzanne

Winnowing

In Winnowing, Suzanne Matson examines our personal, cultural, and environmental relationship with material objects. Matson alternates between...
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Author: Suzanne Matson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Winnowing by Matson, Suzanne

Winnowing

$23.94

Winnowing

$23.94
Author: Suzanne Matson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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. Sorting through the emotional value of mementos, the gendered dimensions of housekeeping, and the environmental cost of both mass production and disposal, she physically, mentally, and spiritually lightens her life while reflecting on the tethers that make winnowing so hard. She compares ideas of material impermanence in Stoicism, Buddhism, and Christianity, acknowledging that total renunciation of things is beyond most people's goals or abilities, but also that reducing what we own, carry, and tend can clear space for spiritual lightness, aesthetic pleasure, and freedom. 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.

Author: Suzanne Matson
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 11/03/2026
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781478039181


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/17/2026
Library Journal 09/01/2026 pg. 117

About the Author
Suzanne Matson is Professor of English at Boston College and the author of several novels and books of poetry, including Ultraviolet, The Tree-Sitter, and A Trick of Nature.

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