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Meghan O'Rourke
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Remarkable. -Andrew Solomon, The New York Times Book Review
At once a rigorous work of scholarship and a radical act of empathy. -Esquire
A ray…
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After her mother died of cancer at the age of 55, O'Rourke found that nothing had prepared her for the experience. In the first anguished days, she created a record…
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The poems in Once illuminate and echo themes of loss and grief. -Vanity Fair
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Magnificent. -New York Times Book Review
* A young woman’s memoir of a year of grieving after her mother died, written with anger, insight, wisdom and grace
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Selections from the Pandemic Files published by The Yale Review, the preeminent journal of literature and ideas
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Named a Best Poetry Book of 2017 by the New York Times Book Review, Sun in Days is O'Rourke’s most ravishing and brilliant collection yet (Cathy Park Hong).
A groundbreaking new collection by a celebrated writer of ambitious and dynamic poems (New York Times).
FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION
Named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by NPR, The New Yorker, Time, and Vogue
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A selection of the most significant and enduring poems from one of the twentieth century’s major writers, chosen and introduced by Vijay Seshadri, performed by T.S. Eliot, Vijay Seshadri, Daniel…
