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Mark Matousek (February 5, 1957) is an American author, journalist and professor.

Personal Life and Education

Matousek was born in Los Angeles. He attended University of California, Berkeley. He received a fellowship to Worcester College, Oxford and graduated with an M.A. in English Literature from UCLA in 1981.

Literary work

Following his studies, he moved to New York where he worked as a stringer for Reuters, International and Newsweek Magazine's letter department. Next, he began working as a proofreader for Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine eventually becoming the magazine’s first staff writer. The following year Matousek became senior editor, and conducted hundreds of interviews with figures well known in film, television, books, fine art, politics, design and science. He left the magazine in 1985 to become a freelance journalist and to travel. It was at this time that Matousek made the change from pop culture journalism to focusing on psychology, philosophy and religion. Since then he has written for The New Yorker, O: The Oprah Magazine (as contributing editor), The Utne Reader, AARP Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Out, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Details, and others. Matousek has been a contributing editor at O and Tricyle, as well as Common Boundary Magazine where his back page column, The Naked Eye was featured from 1994-1999. During this time he received a National Magazine Award nomination for “America’s Darkest Secret” about the epidemic of incest in the U.S. He has published essays in numerous anthologies, including Wrestling With the Angel, Voices of the Millenium, A Memory, A Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer, and Oprah's Best Life, as well as being a frequent blogger for the Huffington Post. Matousek collaborated with Sogyal Rimpoche on “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying”, as well as with religious writer Andrew Harvey on “Dialogues With a Modern Mystic.” It was at this time he began writing the first of his memoirs, “Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story” (1996), which became an international best seller and was nominated for two Books for a Better Life Awards. His second memoir, “The Boy He Left Behind: A Man’s Search for His Lost Father” was published in 2000. A Los Angeles Times Discovery book, “The Boy He Left Behind” received the Randy Shilts award. Matousek also served as co-editor on Ram Dass’s book, “Still Here.” His most recent book is “When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living” (2008).

Other work

Matousek teaches creative non-fiction writing at Manhattanville College, and is on the faculty of the Omega Institute and The New York Open Center. He is also collaborating with Eve Ensler as the Creative Director of V-Men (the male arm of V-Day, Ensler's organization for ending violence against women and girls) and curates their online essay series (www.vday.com). Currently, Matousek is at work on a performance piece called "Ten Ways To Be a Man," which will serve as V-Men’s artistic vehicle and will premier in September, 2011.

Upcoming works

He next book, “Ethical Wisdom: What Makes Us Good, ” will be published by Doubleday in Spring 2011.

Bibliography

     Dialogues With a Modern Mystic (with Andrew Harvey)  1994

• 1996 “Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story” • 2000 “The Boy He Left Behind: A Man’s Search for His Lost Father” • 2008 “When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living” • 2011 “Ethical Wisdom: What Makes Us Good”

External Links

• Open Center Talk- The Art of Memoir (September 2010 .mp3) • New Dimensions Radio Show, hosted by Michael Toms (RealAudio) • NPR Interview with Leonard Lopate (.mp3 - 20.2 mb) • The Positive Mind with Armand Di Mele (.mp3 - 10.2 mb) • BeliefNet Interview on When You're Falling, Dive • Law and More Interview • Out Front Colorado-on When You're Falling, Dive (pdf)

External links

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