Thomas Lynch





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Thomas Lynch's stories, poems, and essays have appeared in Granta, The Atlantic, Harper’s, the Times (of London, New York, Ireland, and Los Angeles), and elsewhere. The Undertaking was a finalist for the National Book Award; he is also the author of Still Life in Milford, Booking Passage, Apparition & Late Fictions and Walking Papers. Lynch lives in Milford, Michigan, and West Clare, Ireland.


Average rating: 3.98 · 2,051 ratings · 346 reviews · 24 distinct works · Similar authors
The Undertaking: Life Studi...
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 1,239 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions
Bodies in Motion and at Res...
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions
Apparition & Late Fictions:...
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions
Booking Passage: We Irish a...
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions
Still Life in Milford: Poems
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions
The Sin-eater: A Breviary
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011
Walking Papers: Poems
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
Skating with Heather Grace
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions
Grimalkin & Other Poems
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
Apparition and Other Late S...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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“There's no easy way to do this.
So do it right:
weep, laugh, watch, pray, love,
live, give thanks and praise;
comfort, mend, honor,
and remember.”
Thomas Lynch

“Whatever’s there to feel, feel it – the riddance, the relief, the fright and freedom, the fear of forgetting, the dull ache of your own mortality. Get with someone you can trust with tears, with anger, and wonderment and utter silence. Get that part done – the sooner the better. The only way around these things is through them.”
Thomas Lynch, The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade

“Grief is the tax we pay on our attachments...”
Thomas Lynch, Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality

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