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, June 20, 2013

Service of Healing


Journal entry 9

Today there’s going to be a Service of Healing and Hope at church, so I give up the notion of going to Lake Chabot and sitting by myself under the eucalyptus trees. I’m hoping to repair what has been torn apart. I walk up to the server on the left not knowing what to ask for, but knowing that something is needed. 

“What healing do you seek?” he asks gently.

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