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"This is a wonderful and profound look at the act of crying -- something human and yet hidden, common and yet mysterious. I found myself reading with a thirst for the tears Heather Christle collects here -- instances within literature, film, history, and the author's own life all add up to a greater understanding of what makes us human." -- Chelsea Hodson, author of Tonight I'm Someone Else Why do we cry? How do we cry? And what does it mean? A scientific, cultural, artistic examination by a young poet on the cusp of motherhood. Heather Christle has just lost a dear friend to suicide and now must reckon with her own depression and the birth of her first child. As she faces her grief and impending parenthood, she decides to research the act of crying: what it is and why people do it, even if they rarely talk about it.
About the Author
Heather Christle is author of the poetry collections The Difficult Farm; The Trees The Trees, which won the Believer Poetry Award; What Is Amazing; and Heliopause. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, London Review of Books, Poetry, and many other journals. She teaches creative writing at Emory University in Atlanta.
