“A Tribute to Exponent on Your 50th Anniversary”
I am grateful beyond words, dear Exponent.
“Living with Ambiguous Loss”
From a workshop at the Exponent II Retreat in Fall 2022.Read by AuthorMy Journey with Ambiguous LossDeath has been on my mind for decades: my undergraduate thesis focused on James Agee’s A Death in the Family; one of my doctoral exams probed literary instances of death leading to beauty (elegy, last words, odes, etc.); dressing the body of a dear friend for burial over 20 years ago remains one of my most profound spiritual experiences; and on my mission in Colombia, I was struck by the ubiquitousness of fatality, as death notices were papered on lamp posts and fences, and […]
“The Place that Does Not Exist”
This music — exquisite sounds that tether his soul to his body and alchemize my despair into amazement — will be the last thing to go.
