Bett Williams
- Bett Williams is a literary writer and psychedelic explorer, and the author of The Wild Kindness; A Psilocybin Odyssey (Dottir Press Fall, 2020), a memoir about growing mushrooms in the high desert of New Mexico. Her other works include The Wrestling Party and Girl Walking Backwards (St. Martin’s Press), which was named as one of the Ten Best Young Adult Queer Novels by Vogue Magazine. She has written for several publications including OUT Magazine, Flaunt, Lucid News, and Lenny Letter. You can follow her work on Twitter.
Latest Articles
Art + Culture
These Tender, Surreal Dioramas are a Study of Psychedelic Love
In Toby Pikelin's psychedelic dioramas, love is in the detail: the beer, the mess, the detritus
COLUMNS
Psychedelics Won the Election—Except the Psychedelic that is Donald Trump
Donald Trump and the Drug War are on the way out—what does this mean for our culture, for our future?
Art + Culture
Time to Freak Out: Get Offline, Go Inward, and Protect the Soul
With COVID forcing us online more than ever before—we're in a "spiritual emergency" struggling against the "Satanic trifecta of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram." Now's a time for "internet hygiene, soul substance, and the correct placement of things."
COLUMNS
Birds Playing Tiny Violins; Diving Deeper with Psilocybin in the Pandemic
During a pre-pandemic mushroom trip, she had a vision of the corona virus; now she's returning to the medicine.
Culture
Ayana Iyi Is a Living Legend in Detroit’s Psychedelic Scene
Ayana Iyi—a living legend in Detroit’s psychedelic scene—talks her first encounter with mushrooms, her marriage to the late Baba Kilindi, and her devotion to helping women heal.
Culture
New Mexico Is a Psychedelic Hologram of Ancient Origins and People
A poetic reflection on the psychedelic history of New Mexico, involving White Sands National Monument, Juniper trees, and a familial lineage of hippies who moved to the Land of Enchantment in the ‘60s.