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, December 31, 2013

New Year's Eve



Journal entry 28

New Year’s Eve. Because I’m now single and all my friends are still couples, I have not received any invitations to parties. I stock up on snacks and plan to watch a football game or movie until midnight when I will blow a paper horn and go to bed.

Dumbledore told Harry Potter, when he was clinging to thoughts of his dead parents and wanted the past to come back, “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”


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