Writing a Path Out of Darkness: Writers on Mourning

Published: June 16, 2022, noon

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Pik-Shuen Fung, Kristin Keane, Litt Woon Long, Deirdre English

These authors give voice to the unspeakable parts of grief. The protagonist of Pik-Shuen Fung\\u2019s \\u201cGhost Forest\\u201d navigates her father\\u2019s death in a family that doesn\\u2019t talk about feelings. In \\u201cThe Encyclopedia of Bending Time,\\u201d memoirist Kristin Keane uses an encyclopedic format to grieve her mother. And Litt Woon Long\\u2019s \\u201cThe Way Through the Woods\\u201d wends a path through mushroom-foraging as a way to process loss. With the support of the Consulate General of Canada San Francisco/Silicon Valley, the Norway House Foundation, and NORLA - Norwegian Literature Abroad.

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