Gone Gone
Gone Gone by Todd Meyers, published by Duke University Press in 2025, is a poignant exploration of grief in the context of overdose death and the broader implications of the opioid crisis. This 176-page work invites readers into a reflective inquiry through conversations with friends, lovers, and family members of those lost, capturing the complexities of shared lives marked by both tenderness and tragedy.
In this edition, Meyers employs a blend of prose, poetry, and ethnography to articulate the multifaceted experiences of grief. The narrative seeks to convey the varied and untamable nature of sorrow, moving beyond a simplistic association with drugs and addiction. Readers will find a thoughtful examination of loss that resonates with themes of literature, culture, and the social sciences, offering insights into the personal and collective dimensions of mourning.
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In Gone Gone, Todd Meyers reckons with grief in the face of overdose death and with the afterlives of loss created by the opioid crisis. Through conversations with friends, lovers, and family members of those who are gone, Meyers brings readers into an inquiry about lives shared, told through tenderness and tragedy. Meyers seeks to find methods to record and convey the many experiences of grief in ways that do not simply consign sorrow to the world of drugs and addiction. Blending prose, poetry, and ethnography, Gone Gone is a lucid and devastating record that reminds readers that the grief felt by those who lose ones they love to overdose is varied and untamable.
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