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Meghan O'Rourke
Magnificent. -New York Times Book Review
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The poems in Once illuminate and echo themes of loss and grief. -Vanity Fair
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…
* A young woman’s memoir of a year of grieving after her mother died, written with anger, insight, wisdom and grace
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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A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time- the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseases
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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).
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A groundbreaking new collection by a celebrated writer of ambitious and dynamic poems (New York Times).
Selections from the Pandemic Files published by The Yale Review, the preeminent journal of literature and ideas