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Mary Thaler

Mary Thaler is a writer, zine-maker and environmental microbiologist. She is currently revising the manuscript of a historical novel about the Arctic. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals, and can be found online at marythaler.wordpress.com.

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Departures (Film, 2008)

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  • Mary Thaler
| 25 Mar 2023 Cultural Consumption Reviews Japanese film, burial practices, cello, death, film, grief

A quietly provocative story about a cellist who leaves the musical profession and finds a job preparing dead bodies for burial.

Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – book cover

Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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  • Mary Thaler
| 6 Mar 2023 Cultural Consumption Books, Reviews colonialism, gothic literature, historical fiction, horror, mexico, novel, speculative fiction

Appealing and fast-paced, this novel set in 1950s Mexico is a classic tale of an attractive young woman marrying into family with sinister secrets, who finds her choices taken away, and her life and sanity under threat. True to the gothic genre, the cr …

Party Wall, by Catherine Leroux (trans. from French by Lazer Lederhendler) – book cover

Party Wall, by Catherine Leroux

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  • Mary Thaler
| 6 Mar 2023 Cultural Consumption Reviews Canadian Literature, family, québecois, secrets, short story, translation, writing craft

Insightful stories peel back the secrets within families, but the dazzling moment comes as you pass the midpoint of the book, and the connections between these universes begin to be revealed.

Author Interview with Isobel Granby

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  • Mary Thaler
  • Isobel Granby
| 30 Dec 2021 Features Fiction, Interviews, Story Fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, inspiration, place, world-building

“The Second” was written for a speculative fiction writing workshop and very last-minute in its original form. I did the plotting and world-building on the fly, and basically the original idea was “what if the protagonist were trying to save their friend from a duel?”

Artist Interview with Deniz Ozan-George

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  • Mary Thaler
  • Deniz Ozan-George
| 25 Aug 2021 Features Audio, Interviews, Visual Art abstract, experimental, gallery

Metapsychosis editor Mary Thaler interviewed Deniz Ozan-George, an artist based in Boston, Massachussetts. Though she’s recently completed one portrait, Deniz considers herself first and foremost an abstract painter, lyrical, and expressionist.

Author Interview with Susan Evans

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  • Mary Thaler
| 15 Jun 2021 Features Interviews, Poetry poetry

Susan Evans’s poem “Lucy” appeared on Metapsychosis website in Autumn 2020. During the following winter, we exchanged emails in which Susan told me about her creative process, her sources of inspiration, and what her hopes for the coming year.

Artist Interview with Marjorie Kaye

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  • Mary Thaler
| 18 May 2021 Features Interviews Visual Art, cooperatives, fine art, nature

An artist is actually creating a world rather than just a stationary object. The artist is sailing through universal winds and transmitting truth. It really depends on the artist as to how this truth manifests and is revealed.

cover image from Medb

Review: Medb, by Brigid Burke

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  • Mary Thaler
| 13 Nov 2020 Features Books, Reviews

Medb is a novel that draws the reader incrementally toward the mysteries of the human psyche, on its way touching on gender roles, the power of the occult, and the pathologization of difference. It’s a winding, inward journey that begins, fittingly, at …

Introduction to the Editors: Mary Thaler

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  • Mary Thaler
| 8 Aug 2020 Signal Boost Community about, introductions, submissions

Who am I and what do I write? I spent the early part of my career as a scientist studying oceanography, and some of that science attitude—the attention to detail, the feelings of wonder and humility—have infused my writing practice. Plus I have a nerdy …

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