Reading: The Opposite of Loneliness
“We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that’s what I want in life.” — Marina Keegan
All the stories—fiction and otherwise—were real and relatable. She was able to take on many different personas with such detail, acuity and insight — impressive for someone of her age. Great read, hard to put down.
related links:
Marina Keegan on Wikipedia
Yale Daily News Cross Campus
Facebook for The Opposite of Loneliness
Instant New York Times bestseller, Marina Keegan’s posthumous collection of award-winning essays and stories. The story behind the stories: Author, playwright, and journalist Marina Keegan’s star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at The New Yorker. Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash. Even though she was just twenty-two when she died, Marina left behind a rich, expansive trove of prose that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty, and possibility of her generation.