“On the imperfection of elegies.”
death
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Sea of Nightmares: My Son Died Climbing. Now, I Wrestle With ‘What If.’
“The questions, hypotheticals, and past haunting me as the father of Balin Miller, who fell to his death in October.”
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What Happens When You Don’t Die on Time?
“Hélène Campbell was supposed to be long dead by now. She emptied her bucket list, bank account—and, at 34, is left to wonder: ‘What next?’ And she’s not alone.”
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How to Become a Tree
“Many people today want to commit their remains to rejuvenating the planet. But are these green deaths just greenwashing?”
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Giving Our Bodies Back to the Earth: The Rise of Natural Burial
“What if your body could nourish the land long after you’re gone?”
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The Nurse Who Names the Dead
Inside a Texas nurse’s quest to document the life and death of every woman killed by a man in America.
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We Salted Nannie: A Real-Life Southern Ghost Story
“Nannie, and the land around her, was thoroughly haunted. In less than a year we would break the lease, perform a binding ritual, and leave.”