In "Mendell Station," a Postal Worker Sorts Through Mail and Grief - Electric Literature

In "Mendell Station," a Postal Worker Sorts Through Mail and Grief - Electric Literature

J. B. Hwang’s debut novel, Mendell Station, is a gorgeous book about grieving one step at a time. Like many of my favorite works, it invites an intimate conversation between writer and reader. Miriam has recently lost her best friend, Esther, in a tragic accident and consequently lost her faith in God; years ago, she lost her father. She tells her story, we sense, not to preserve these deep connections, but as a way to seek them. Her crisis of f…