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Podcast: Life Examined
Episode: The language of grief, with writers Ross Gay and Chloe Honum
Description: Ross Gay, poet, essayist, and author of Inciting Joy, shares how losing his father impacted not only his writing, but more or less everything else that he now does. Witnessing his own sorrow, Gay says, was both terrifying and a revelation: “If you can't be close to your sorrow, then you're gonna miss your life. Get full access to Life Examined at lifeexamined.substack.com/subscribe