I hope you can’t relate to Carrie & Lowell. I hope, like me, you have no idea what it feels like to be abandoned by your mother, to spend decades estranged from her, to have your grief about her death tainted by your shame about her life. Lord willing, when you listen to the album Sufjan Stevens released 10 years ago today, you do not hear your own story reflected back in it. The overwhelming despair and confusion captured here are feelings that should not be thrust upon you by someone else...
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I hope you can’t relate to Carrie & Lowell. I hope, like me, you have no idea what it feels like to be abandoned by your mother, to spend decades estranged from her,... more info