A daughter recounts her family’s worst day, through her mother’s eyes.
grief
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A Place to Stay, Untouched by Death
In this personal essay, after her mother’s passing, Jane Ratcliffe considers the role everyday objects play in a good death.
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A Birth Plan for Dying
In this personal essay, Hanna Neuschwander grapples with ending a wanted pregnancy, and finds that “right” or “wrong” fail to describe the moral reckoning.
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Disney World: A Surprisingly Good Place to Grieve
“To my surprise, Disney World was not a difficult place to be while in mourning. To me it didn’t feel like an escape from grief, so much as a continued break from unendurable real life.”
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Oh! Small-bany! Part 2
The second chapter in Novelist Elisa Albert’s Albany “quartet.” Notes from an awful winter.
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O, Small-bany! Part 2: Winter
Notes from an awful winter.
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Giving Up the Ghost
After his death, Emily Urquhart ‘sees’ her brother with regularity. Nearly 20 years later, stories and science help to explain why.
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Giving Up the Ghost
After his death, Emily Urquhart ‘sees’ her brother with regularity. Nearly 20 years later, stories and science help to explain why.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Giving Up the Ghost
After his death, Emily Urquhart ‘sees’ her brother with regularity. Nearly 20 years later, stories and science help to explain why.
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Ancestor Work In Street Basketball
The basketball court is a place where young black men feel comfortable mourning death, but are there crucial elements missing from their grieving practices?