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, May 21, 2013

The Morning After Death


Journal 5

The morning after Evelyn’s death, I don’t know what to do, think, or feel. I’m probably in shock.

Life has been rearranged. Half of my life is gone. The entire context for why I went to work, and all of my dreams for the future, have been wiped off the chart.

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