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 30, 2013

Two Months In


Journal entry 15

At the end of two months, I’m basically numb.  

I must be out of shock by now, but I don't know how you measure that. I also think that the despair of my situation is settling in. I don’t care about much of anything and go through the motions of the day simply to get to where I can go back to bed. With our long-range dreams wiped out, I realize how much I lived for them, and how much they pulled me out of bed in the morning.  

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