Ravelings: Essays on Love, Loss, and Wonder by Lisa Knopp
About this episode
Lisa Knopp discusses her collection of personal essays that explore themes of love, loss, and connection.
In her new collection of personal essays, UNL Professor of English Lisa Knopp uses an older meaning of the verb ravel- to entangle. In Ravelings: Essays on Love, Loss, and Wonder, she contemplates loss, change as well as connection and joy.
People in this episode
Guest: Lisa Knopp
Topics covered
- personal essays
- love
- loss
- change
- connection
- joy
Keywords
- essays
- love
- loss
- connection
- joy
- Lisa Knopp
- Ravelings
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UNL
Books & works: Ravelings: Essays on Love, Loss, and Wonder
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