Grief

Pied–à–terre

Jun 01, 2020

Memoir by Diane G. Martin

My rights are less pertinent these days, and I’m learning restraint too late.

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Dreams of Escape

May 04, 2020

Essay by Martha Nichols

Humor is a go-to defense in our family when things go wrong, but so much is wrong now.

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The Loss

Sep 30, 2019

Essay by Edward M. Cohen

When I awake with no desire to rush for a pen, it’s hard to see the value in what is happening.

Writer's Life, Grief, Transitions | Read More

Invisible Gardener

Sep 30, 2019

Essay by Valerie Bacharach

I don’t know why I think of her now, standing at the cliff’s edge, nothing before me but water.

Grief, Travel, Politics of Place | Read More

Because the Story Began as a Body

Oct 01, 2018

Essay by Jennifer Popa

It’s as if I’m peeling back my own tissues, marbled with fat, to learn.

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My Father’s Blessing

Jan 29, 2018

Essay by Sarah Birnbach

What if he holds tight to his belief that gender is more important than having his own child pray for his soul?

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Death and Doing the Math

Jan 29, 2018

Essay by Judith Hannan

Thoughts about my death don’t hijack me anymore, although I can still capsize into the swamp of fear if I dwell too long on nonexistence.

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Something Like Sand

Jan 24, 2018

Essay by Mercedes Lucero

The loss and near-loss of three people in my life in a short span of time were too great to put into words.

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Three Boxes

Nov 29, 2017

Report by Joseph Walsh

The police had taken Mike’s laptop and phone, so I had to find what I could without them.

Grief, Journalism, Truth-telling | Read More

Death and the Failings of Fiction

Nov 21, 2016

Theme Essay by Rebecca Steinitz

I called my children by each other’s names, missed appointments, left my keys in the running car.

Writing and Faith, Reader's Life, Grief | Read More

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