The role of literature in healing grief: How ‘Under Milk Wood’ helped me

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In a piece for The Guardian (14 November 2026), Ioan Marc Jones reflects on his personal experience following his father's death. Initially suffering from emotional numbness, Jones found a path to processing his grief after re-reading Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood', a wedding gift from his parents. By connecting the book's surreal humor and linguistic playfulness to his father's own storytelling style, Jones was able to confront his loss. He concludes that there is no 'right' way to grieve, and that the book now serves as a medium to hear his father's voice and keep his memory alive.