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Readers’ Comments
- On "Sunday": wonderful Tracey!! thank you. – Cindy Renie
Jun 10 - On "The Past Life Hypnotist Predicts The Future": Took my breath away! What an extraordinary piece. There are layers of metaphor here, and yet the story is told through that the brilliantly kitschy... – Pamela
Jun 08 - On "Addicted to Chad": Somehow, the second-place winners always leave me wondering why they didn't get first place...nonetheless, a compelling story that "repletes" my writing soul. I particularly liked... – Janice Forester
Jun 07 - On "Luffing": I started reading this essay with distractions all around me, and despite the chaos, read it straight through to the end. This is a beautiful... – Pamela
Jun 07 - On "Mistaken Identity": Thank you, Pat. I've set up a Face Book Page for my new novel, GOOD TO HER. Here's the link: www.facebook.com/goodtoher – Enid Harlow
May 29 - On "Mistaken Identity": Congrats on your big win Enid! What a compelling and complex story. You've old it so deftly. Would love to know more about your new... – Pat Golden
May 29 - On "Horse Cemetery": I enjoyed your poem very much. Thanks for sharing it. – Patrick Caruana
May 25 - On "Luffing": Finding that perfect balance in life so your sails don't flap so hard you are accused of 'careless luffing' would be grand but don't think... – Jacqueline Casey
May 24
- On "Sunday": wonderful Tracey!! thank you. – Cindy Renie
Mark Liebenow
Latte Contributor
Author Archives: Mark Liebenow
Mark Liebenow’s essays, poems, and reviews have been published by such journals as Colorado Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Crab Orchard Review, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Swink, and Disquieting Muses Quarterly. His work has won the Chautauqua and the River Teeth nonfiction prizes and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In March 2012 the University of Nebraska Press published his book on Yosemite and John Muir (Mountains of Light: Seasons of Reflection in Yosemite). He lives in Peoria, IL, and works on an organic farm that preserves heirloom corn. He also writes about grief recovery.
Tinkering with Grief in the Woods
First Prize, 2011 Literal Latte Essay Award.
I sit in my shorts by an open window in Kentucky surrounded by a hundred sleeping monks. Beyond the monastery’s stone walls, beyond the dark scrabbled woods of hickory and oak, a dog barks at raccoons moving through the night, or at nothing at all, and the world settles back down into quiet….