In all, “The Opposite of Loneliness” reflects Marina’s profound optimism and encourages readers to rediscover beauty in the world. With wit, humor and charm, Marina captivates her readers. Although we ...

“The Opposite of Loneliness” has done more than build me. It has re-built me. It has reconstructed me and reinvigorated me and fed me with a desire to do the only thing I really can. I’m eternally ...

"The Opposite of Loneliness" is one of those books. In my mind, Marina Keegan has become the voice of our generation, and it's one you need to hear. Never have I read such eloquent, ...

The opposite of loneliness is JOMO – the Joy of Missing Out. For me, that's when I'm delighted not to feel obligated to participate in social events that don't interest me.

Though this is the first book published of Keegan's work, she published a non-fiction piece in The New York Times during her senior year. A short story she wrote in college, Cold Pastoral, was ...

The Opposite of Loneliness is the first, and unfortunately the last, book by Marina Keegan, a promising young writer who was killed in a car accident five days after graduating from Yale in 2012.

“We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that’s what I want in life,” wrote Marina Keegan.As a college senior, this is how she opened the final ...

I have the great good fortune of a life replete with companionship, love and satisfying work, and yet loneliness has been my constant pale companion. My debts to loneliness are incalculable: One ...