Leonard Kriegel
Leonard Kriegel is an essayist, novelist, and retired professor of literature living in New York City. His most recent book is Flying Solo: Re-imagining Manhood, Courage and Loss (Beacon Press).
— From September 1999
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories
Falling Into Life
Over the past five years, as I have moved into the solidity of middle age, I have become aware of a surprising need for symmetry. I am possessed by a peculiar passion: I want to believe that my life will balance out. And because I once had to learn to fall in order to keep this life mine, I now seem to have convinced myself that I must also learn to fall into death.
September 1999
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