Unveiling the Hidden Journey of Grief: Matthew Salesses’ Profound Exploration in ‘To Grieve is To Carry Another Time’
December seems the right month for a grief memoir: the month of holidays, of empty chairs, of years ending whether we consent or not. Everyone says grief is a weight that lightens. Salesses gives us the title instead. We carry our departed loved ones and our grief, and that carrying is not a burden but the relationship, continuing.
I know whose hands I’m putting this book into come winter. I suspect that once you’ve read it, you will too.
Meet the Contributor
Helene Kiser’s poetry and nonfiction has appeared in dozens of magazines and anthologies and has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. A recovering poet, she’s the author of “Topography” and currently at work on her second book, a memoir. Find her online at www.helenekiser.com.
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