Pushcart Prize Nomination

 

I’m thrilled to share this news with you! 

Under the Sun literary journal chose my essay as one of its nominations for the Pushcart Prize. 

The essay recounts my hike up to the top of Clouds Rest in Yosemite, at nearly 10,000 feet, when I was trying to find a place of acceptance after the death of my wife Evelyn:

Steven Church – “Pooling Resources”

Ren Cedar Fuller – “Naming My Father

Wes Lee – “Maybe Tomorrow”

Mark Liebenow – “Walking West with a Mountain”

Kathleen Melin – “Strangely Wonderful”

Elaine Palencia – “Right Here with E.T.”

You can read the essay at this link:

 https://underthesunonline.com/wordpress/2023/683-2

Mark Liebenow writes about nature, grief, and wisdom of fools. The author of four books, his essays, poems, and critical reviews have been published in numerous literary journals. His work has been named a notable by Best American Essays and nominated for four Pushcart Prizes. Mark has won the River Teeth Nonfiction Book Award, and the Chautauqua and Literal Latte’s essay prizes. He studied English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and creative nonfiction at Bradley University. markliebenow.com

Walking West with Grief essay

New Essay Published!

 

I’m delighted to share the news that one of my essays about hiking in Yosemite to deal with my wife’s death was published this week by Under the Sun Literary Journal.

 

It’s called “Walking West with a Mountain,” and you can read it using this link:

 

https://underthesunonline.com/wordpress/2023/683-2/

 

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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