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, September 9, 2014

Paper Remainders




I am so happy to have an essay in the new Under the Sun journal - "Deeper Lake of Blue." You can read it at: http://underthesunonline.com/deeper-lake-of-blue/

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After Evelyn died, I wanted to keep everything that was connected to her — all her possessions, newspaper clippings, two stone owls from high school (I don’t know what they meant to her, but I’m keeping them), worn out shoes, hair clips, anything she ever touched, anything that might remind me of her style, her likes, her spirit that refused to be defeated by a challenge.


Possessions hold so much Life in them, so many stories. Even simple things like paper.




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