Cancer, and other secrets
I enjoy speaking to book clubs because I love the wide-ranging discussions that result after smart, engaged people have read …
Tag Archives: death
Infographic: Do you believe in near-death experiences?
I’m a big fan of infographics, and here’s one from the fine folks at LifeInsuranceFinder.com that illustrates various stats about …
A death-centric Mad Men final season
Is it just me, or am I detecting a theme in Mad Men‘s final season? In episode 2, Sally goes …
The hidden face of death: Part I
For a media culture that’s saturated with violence and death, we are reluctant to post images of real-life violence and …
Jesmyn Ward’s literary view of grief
I cleared my schedule to make sure I could attend the craft talk and reading by Nikki Finney and Jesmyn …
I’m offering a writing class for young adults
I’m thrilled to say that I will be a teaching artist at The Loft in Minneapolis for the first time …
A long goodbye vs. no goodbye. Preference?
A question I come back to again and again is: What type of death is hardest on survivors? A loved …
Last Man Standing
I saw this today on Caleb Wilde’s Confessions of a Funeral Director Facebook page, and I have to admit, it …
Would you attend a “death salon”?
Seriously. Please let me know. It seems that death has hit the mainstream. Or maybe it has hit it’s annual …
Haunting post-mortem photography
I’ve always been fascinated with post-mortem photography. There’s even an example of this in my book–a photograph of my grandfather …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 