Ecstatic Writing

About the Book

This book is a collection of poetry, essays, short stories and ecstatic writing which defies description. The beauty of the place and my memories of those times come from a very special place in my heart. It is drawn from the writing I have done over the course of my life from age fourteen at an Eastern prep school until a thought popped into my head this morning as I was drinking a cup of green tea. For instance, here is the story of how I was born: I was baked inside a TV set for twenty five minutes. The recipe called for fifty.

About the Author

The Author has previously published short stories and poetry in school publications: Writing at Wyoming at the University of Wyoming and Horae Scholasticae at St. Paul's School; while at the University of Wyoming he self published a book of poetry Poems from Jackson Hole ; climbing accounts of the first winter ascent of the North Face of the Grand Teton in Climbing and the first ascent of The Washerwoman Arch in Summit , an article on Greg Bourassa in The Climbing Art ; articles and poetry in Anthology of The American College Poetry Society , The Love Dogs Review of The Oneness Project, Parks and Recreation , and Teton Magazine ; and he co-authored the book The Guide to Ski Touring in Jackson Hole ; he also used his nickname "Rick" as well as "Maurice E. Horn, Jr." on some of his publications.