Coping with Grief and Reconnecting with Identity in “She Is Haunted” – Chicago Review of Books

Coping with Grief and Reconnecting with Identity in “She Is Haunted” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Paige Clark’s debut short story collection, She Is Haunted, considers how we handle loss in the modern world. Whether due to a casual fling mistaken for intimacy, or the death of a loved one, navigating the end of complicated relationships can raise the question of how much control we have over our own identities. … Read more

Coping with Life and its End in “The Believer” – Chicago Review of Books

Coping with Life and its End in “The Believer” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] I’ve heard people claim that they wish that they were religious in the fundamentalist mode, because it would be so much easier. Easier, they mean, because while the non-believer is a grown-up person who understands that God—like Santa; or like notions of fairness and romance—is dead, the believer still trusts with childish naivety in … Read more