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Winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
Winner of the 2022 Southern Book Prize
An Indie Next Selection for September 2021
A Book Marks Best Reviewed Essay Collection of 2021
A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2021
A Country Living Best Book of Fall 2021…
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Margaret Renkl, who comes from a colorful southern family, interweaves her close observations of nature with glimpses of her own autobiography. She uses her birthplace and nature as her gauge, mirror, and touchstone, whereas I use my authors.
Renkl writes a weekly opinion column for the NYT. “The Gift of Shared Grief” is my favorite piece from her second book. I hope that you don’t need it right now, but maybe it will be useful to you when you do. Renkl’s way of responding to grief is wise, eloquent, and uplifting; however, when necessary, she can be brave and…
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