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, October 22, 2013

Diversion, Companion, or Guide?




Journal entry 26

Sometimes we need diversion from grief, but diversion that is meaningful beyond the superficial and frothy we often use to fill the hours when we don’t want to think about anything and we just want to escape. The Inspector Morse mystery series on PBS filled this need for me. Each week I would tune to and watch Chief Inspector Morse try to figure out why there was a dead body, who was responsible, and why they did it.

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