PositiveThe New Orleans ReviewYou can’t read The Opposite of Loneliness, which consists of nine essays and nine works of fiction, without feeling a bit haunted. The irony is overwhelming. There’s a certain type of roughness, a raw openness, in Keegan’s prose ... Instead, she writes from that exact place she is at, young adulthood, a time of decisions and crossroads, uncertainty and hope ... Her nature shines through in her work, and her poignant storytelling ability provokes her readers to question ... In several cases, Marina did not have time to self-edit, and this makes her stories and essays even more impressive.
