How Do You Write About Happiness?

Misery is the river of the world.

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How do you write about happiness? You don’t. Nobody wants to hear about it. The history of literature is the history of misery. Down and out. Misfortune. Failed love. Spiritual collapse. Financial ruin. A life of debt, ennui, broken hearts, doom. Suicide. Hart jumps off the SS Orizaba. Hemingway and the shotgun. DFW hangs himself. Stories make us feel better about…