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, August 26, 2010

First Anniversary




Each anniversary, birthday, and holiday during the first year of grief carries its own suitcase of memories and heartaches that open when the day arrives, spilling its misery.

If we rummage through their contents in the first year, as hard as they are to face, they are only half as hard to face in the second year, which is a consolation because then the joys in those memories begin to return and offset the sorrows.


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