Who I am.

I write about the landscape of grief, nature, and the wisdom of fools. The author of four books, my essays, poems, and reviews have been published in over 50 journals, including in the Huffington Post and Colorado Review. I’ve won the River Teeth Nonfiction Book Award, the Chautauqua and Literal Latte’s essay prizes, and my work has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes and named a notable by Best American Essays. My account of hiking in Yosemite to deal with my wife’s death, Mountains of Light, was published by the University of Nebraska Press. http://www.markliebenow.com.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Listening to Birds: Judy Rasmussen


December 2

After Evelyn, people wrote letters of condolence. Many of her friends didn’t know what to say for someone who died in her forties. Her death seemed wrong because we knew the good she was doing with her compassion for others and we expected this to continue for forty more years.

One of the letters came from Judy Rasmussen, talking about an early encounter with Evelyn when they were still strangers:



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