Grief is the Thing with Feathers

Max Porter’s Grief is the Thing with Feathers is a short, but powerful read

By: Aaron Richardson Often during periods of mourning, the grief you are experiencing can feel almost physical in its presence. It can feel as if it is following you around, inhabiting the room with you, sitting beside you, and putting a stain on every moment. In Grief is the Thing with Feathers, Max Porter turns this feeling into a character. After the death of his wife, a father and his two sons are visited by a creature known only as Crow. Not one for subtlety, Porter tells the story of this family and their time spent with this thing with…

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