Why I Wanted to Finish My Father’s Life’s Work

In this personal essay, Karen Brown recalls the pain and joy of fulfilling a deathbed promise.

Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 4, 2019
Length: 8 minutes (2,139 words)

Ushering My Father to a (Mostly) Good Death

A personal essay in which Karen Brown recalls conspiring with her father in his final weeks to find some humor in the pain.

Source: Longreads
Published: Nov 24, 2017
Length: 14 minutes (3,613 words)