Envy Is Ignorance

Essays
Written By Amanda Barusch

An autobiographical essay exploring envy, shame, and guilt in the aftermath of a horrific murder, Envy Is Ignorance was published in Bravado.

Colorful illustration of a truck driving on a winding road through a jungle.

  • Type – personal essay

  • Publication / Venue – Bravado, Issue 18

  • Publisher – Bravado

  • Publication date – 2010

  • Format(s) – PDF

  • Available at – PDF

  • About this work – An autobiographical essay exploring envy, shame, and guilt in the aftermath of a horrific murder, examining the unsettling emotions that surface in the face of tragedy.

Amanda Barusch

Amanda Barusch has worked as a janitor, exotic dancer, editor, and college professor. She lives in the American West, where she spends as much time as possible on dirt paths. She has an abiding disdain for boundaries and adores ambiguity. Amanda has published eight books of non-fiction, a few poems, and a growing number of short stories. Aging Angry is her first work of creative non-fiction. She uses magical realism to explore deep truths of the human experience in this ever-changing world.

https://www.amandabarusch.com
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