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.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Someone Has Died, and Someone Grieves









for Ronan and Emily Rapp

Someone has died, and someone grieves. We view this death as an aberration, and as wrong. Friends respond by telephone, Facebook, texts, writing about their sadness and despair. Many don’t know what to say or do.

An infant has died, and a mother grieves. 

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