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.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Grief and the Solace of Nature


(Earlier this year, Linda Schreyer interviewed me about grief and writing for Writers’ Talks at Studio West in Los Angeles. It was broadcast on Rare Bird Radio. The following is one of the topics we discussed. You can listen to the entire interview at http://t.co/9OWGGScNds )

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When grief knots me up, I head for nature. Breathing the fresh air of the mountains almost always pulls me out of my funk.

* If you would like to read the rest of this post, let me know and I’ll send it to you. *

4 comments:

  1. Such beautiful, heartfelt writing Mark. Deep joyous read. Thanks to Elaine posting this link I was able to follow the thread through the labyrinth and find your inspiring words. I love what you say about nature and how you have found solace in her arms. Warm greetings, Deborah.

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  2. Beautiful post. Just beautiful. I was just going to say that you should write a book and then looked over in your bio and saw that you have written four. I am glad to know that.

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  3. Thank you for saying so. I'm working on a true grief memoir now, and it will have some of the material from these post. Hopefully I will finish the revision soon.

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