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.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Once, Poems About Grief: Meghan O’Rourke




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Earlier this year, Meghan O’Rourke’s memoir of her mother’s death was published as The Long Goodbye. Now her companion book of grief poems has been released — Once. While this collection parallels her journey in prose, the language and rich images of poetry offer a different, and perhaps sharper, way of expressing and understanding grief. You can set the two books next to each other and read both at the same time to experience the full depth of Meghan’s loss.

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You can read my full review in Rain Taxi Review of Books - www.raintaxi.com/once/ .

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