Mark Liebenow - Grief (formerly Widowers Grief): Van Der Meer Carolyne

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.

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Birds and Grief

Review - Birdology, by Carolyne Van Der Meer

Carolyne Van Der Meer guides us into paying attention to what is going on in the outdoors, especially with the birds – pigeons, sparrows, and seagulls. In her chapbook of fourteen poems and short essays, she links the struggles and deaths of birds with the struggles and dying of people she loves.