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, August 26, 2014

One Possession


After the death of someone we dearly loved, whether it’s a spouse, child, parent, or grandparent, we’re faced with cleaning up and disposing what she or he left behind.

Although there are some possessions we wish they could have taken with them, their possessions are what we physically have left – their coffee cup with the stain, the tools they used for their hobbies, even the scent in their clothes. There are also their ashes, and I will write about that separately.


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