In “One Need Not Be a Chamber,” Arielle Zibrak excavates the history of her haunted Wyoming house, reckoning in the process with her brother’s suicide years earlier. Zibrak’s essay is a moving account of the imperfect revelations and unexpected connections that can arise in the process of working through grief.
Included as a notable essay in Best American Essays (Mariner, 2025) edited by Jia Tolentino