Grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.
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What Falls to Earth
Grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.
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Jack, Jacqueline — Dad
A personal essay in which Yvonne Conza wrestles with the complexities of estrangement from her dying — complicated — dad.
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How to Grieve Your Friend and Mentor
In this moving personal essay, Amy Jo Burns writes about how the death of her writing mentor, Louise DeSalvo, has affected her, and how reading Alexander Chee’s How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, and Sigrid Nunez’s The Friend helped her process her grief.
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The Strongest Woman in the Room
A personal essay in which a daughter recounts her family’s worst day, through her mother’s eyes.
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The Strongest Woman in the Room
A daughter recounts her family’s worst day, through her mother’s eyes.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Strongest Woman in the Room
A daughter recounts her family’s worst day, through her mother’s eyes.
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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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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.