Tag Archives: grieving

The Novel that Moved Me the Most in 2023

Through O’Farrell’s “Hamnet,” I found myself mourning my own son.

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Beowulf’s Lessons in How to Grieve

Hamlet, Beowulf, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight each show us powerful ways to grieve.

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Hamlet Taught Us a New Way to Grieve

In “Hamlet,” Shakespeare taught the world a powerful new way to grieve.

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Hamlet: Shakespeare Grieving His Son?

In which I explore why O’Farrell’s “Hamnet” opened up wellsprings of grief I didn’t realize were there.

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Wanted: An Elegy to Mourn Covid Victims

To mourn our 800,000+ covid dead, America needs a good poetic elegy.

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Let Love Clasp Grief Lest Both Be Drown’d

When death strikes, poetry is there to sustain us.

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Holding on When We Need to Let Go

Deborah Pope’s “Getting Through” is for those who can’t get over the loss of a loved one.

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Can We Be Beowulf Strong?

“Bowulf,” a poem about rage, violence, and the end of empire.

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Stronger in the Broken Places

Joe Biden picked the perfect Hemingway quote for his Covid address to the nation.

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