
A generation-defining collection published posthumously Her voice is relevant sharp fresh unfiltered & poetic with a dry wit You can dive in & out of her questioning & her musings & meanderings So much promise' Jenna Coleman star of Doctor Who & Victoria Marina Keegan's star was on the rise when she graduated from Yale in May 2012 She had a play that was to be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival & a job waiting for her at the New Yorker Tragically five days after graduation Marina died in a car crash As her family friends & classmates deep in grief joined to create a memorial service for Marina her unforgettable last essay for the Yale Daily News ' The Opposite of Loneliness' went viral receiving more than 14 million hits She had struck a chord Even though she was just 22 when she died Marina left behind a rich expansive trove of prose that like her title essay captures the hope uncertainty & possibility of her generation The Opposite of Loneliness is an assemblage of Marina's essays & stories that articulates the universal struggle we all face as we work out what we aspire to be & how we can harness our talents to make an impact on the world