Lydia C. Buchanan’s essays have appeared in BLAST, the Ilanot Review, Meat for Tea, and other publications. Her essay “Maximalism” was named Notable in the Best American Essays 2022. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and currently lives in Boston.
Midway in the journey of our lifeI came to myself in a dark wood,for the straight way was lost. Ah, how hard it is to tellthe nature of that wood, savage, dense and harsh —the very thought of it renews my fear! It is so bitter death is hardly more so.But to set forth the […]
