Episode 54 Finding Balance When Death and Grief Tip the Scales with Beth Robbins
Not all pivots are by choice. Beth Robbins, author of A Grief Sublime, explores the aftermath of the sudden and unexpected death of her husband. She bravely discusses what she took for granted before his death and her reinvention after. Her book was adapted into a film, in which Beth played herself, entitled Sproutman.
Beth Robbins is a writer, an actor, a teacher, and a director who received her MLitt (2022) and MA (2016) from Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College.
Episode originally aired live on WVOX AM on March 2, 2023
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A Grief Sublime by Beth Robbins (2019)
Sproutland. Directed by Cynthia Wade, Honor Society Films/Cynthia Wade Productions, 2022
Article about Beth’s husband’s death
Additional Resources and Reading
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005)
Usher, Shaun (2022, February 11), Most of Your Life Will Happen in the Gray Spaces Between Bliss and Heartbreak (letter from Laura Dern to her daughter). lettersofnote.com