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Tag Archives: death

Cancer, and other secrets

June 4, 2014

I enjoy speaking to book clubs because I love the wide-ranging discussions that result after smart, engaged people have read …

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Infographic: Do you believe in near-death experiences?

May 15, 2014

I’m a big fan of infographics, and here’s one from the fine folks at LifeInsuranceFinder.com that illustrates various stats about …

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A death-centric Mad Men final season

April 28, 2014

Is it just me, or am I detecting a theme in Mad Men‘s final season? In episode 2, Sally goes …

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The hidden face of death: Part I

April 24, 2014

For a media culture that’s saturated with violence and death, we are reluctant to post images of real-life violence and …

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Jesmyn Ward’s literary view of grief

April 12, 2014

I cleared my schedule to make sure I could attend the craft talk and reading by Nikki Finney and Jesmyn …

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I’m offering a writing class for young adults

January 29, 2014

I’m thrilled to say that I will be a teaching artist at The Loft in Minneapolis for the first time …

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A long goodbye vs. no goodbye. Preference?

January 24, 2014

A question I come back to again and again is: What type of death is hardest on survivors? A loved …

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Last Man Standing

December 30, 2013

I saw this today on Caleb Wilde’s Confessions of a Funeral Director Facebook page, and I have to admit, it …

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Would you attend a “death salon”?

October 28, 2013

Seriously. Please let me know. It seems that death has hit the mainstream. Or maybe it has hit it’s annual …

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Haunting post-mortem photography

October 7, 2013

I’ve always been fascinated with post-mortem photography. There’s even an example of this in my book–a photograph of my grandfather …

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