Perspective
Post Publication Depression, a New Writer’s Disease
Dr.
Marilynne Robinson’s “Gilead” won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005. But 24 years earlier, “Housekeeping,” her first novel, was published. Written in beautiful, haunting prose with no words wasted, "Housekeeping" follows two young sisters as they change custodial hands and come to terms as they come of age.
While in the midst of our two-month road trip – Oregon to Florida and back – I received an insightful question from my friend Tom.