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, November 4, 2014

Do It For the Dead


There is the skinny (the facts), there is the endless (often fanciful) speculation, and then there are all our wishes and hopes for what goes on in the afterlife. Is there anything we can do to help our dead get to where they’re going? And how do we know if what we’re doing is effective?

The facts are few because no one has been “there” and come back. 


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