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, July 23, 2013

Going into Nature: Yosemite





Journal entry 14

Six weeks after Evelyn’s sudden death, people aren’t stopping by to talk as often and the quietness of home is getting to me. Feeling the need for a change of pace, I head for nature.

Driving through Pleasanton, I pass Amador Clinic on the left where Evelyn collapsed and Valleycare Hospital on the right where she died, not looking at either but staring straight ahead. 

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