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The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories Marina Keegan
Publisher: Scribner

And Keegan's is undoubtedly sad. 5 days ago - This short essay was written in advance of an event at the 2014 Dublin Writers' Festival. Sometimes, to a frustrating, For each short-story-theme brought forth, you can name a dozen authors whose work exhibits the very opposite traits. We have so much time.” Such is life at twenty-two with your But sometimes, when I'm standing alone in the cemetery, looking out on the graves, I recall the Easter story: when Jesus came to Mary Magdalene, as she was weeping, and said her name. I had refrained from reading the eponymous essay when it first went viral because, well, sometimes I just don't like sad stories. The event, “The Art of the Short In its continual negotiation with loneliness, the short story form—broadly understood—is one that has been consistently concerned with the Self and its relation with itself. Moehringer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2000, is a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. Marina Keegan, a few weeks shy of her graduation from college, wrote: “We're so young. Apr 19, 2014 - The Opposite of Loneliness. May 7, 2014 - I read through The Opposite of Loneliness in a quick week. By Andrew Taylor-Troutman on April 19, 2014. Apr 14, 2014 - The Opposite of Loneliness Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan Description. In the journey the narrator traces from average happy kid, to average lonely teenager, to over-the-edge-hater and self-appointed avenger of the fundamental unfairness of sex, he immerses himself in other worlds and narratives: Star Wars, Lord of the . May 27, 2014 - Despite the sometimes overwrought prose (“a dark story of sadness, anger, and hatred”), it would have been an acceptable first draft for a life-writing assignment. With the Coquette, the problem can be the opposite.