On a February morning, Danielle Crittenden’s world cleaved in two: the life before her daughter Miranda was found dead in her Brooklyn apartment, and the life after.
Two years and three months later, Danielle joins Infinite Loops to discuss her luminous memoir, Dispatches from Grief, which unflinchingly traces the strange afterlife of grief with precision, restraint, and unexpected humor.
This conversation explores what grief really feels like. With extraordinary honesty and grace, Danielle shares the physical pain, the loneliness of loss, and the slow work of carrying her daughter’s memory forward.
Dispatches from Grief is out now: https://infinitebooks.com/products/dispatches-from-grief
Danielle’s Substack: https://femsplainers.substack.com/
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
05:27 Childhood and Siloed Grief
12:03 The Smoking Ruin
18:53 Seeing the Body
25:22 Motherhood After Loss
34:34 False Comforts
42:02 Remembering Miranda
53:36 Advice for Grievers
01:03:12 Happiness Gurus
01:09:34 Pain and Love
01:18:36 Moving Miranda
01:27:21 Signs and Survival
01:39:25 EMDR and Trauma
01:46:19 Miranda’s Gifts
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