Caroll Sun Yang’s UNPLANNED GUAVA CEREMONY
October 20th, 2016 | by Caroll Sun Yang
The past could be jettisoned . . . but seeds got carried. —Joan Didion We sit cross-legged on the
Browsing the "loss" Tag
SHE LIKED TO SAVE THINGS: Jennifer Baum Shares What Her Mother Left Behind
August 8th, 2016 | by Jennifer Baum
My mother wasn’t a hoarder, but she liked to save things. Everything had a purpose, everything could be useful at
Radical Empathy: DEATH IS STUPID, an Interview with Anastasia Higginbotham
July 25th, 2016 | by Katherine Thome
Grieving children and children of divorce learn way too early that adults are emotional children. Children of tragedy experience a
Jenna Fox Took SELFIES FOR THE FUNERAL
June 9th, 2016 | by Jenna Fox
My grandma was wrinkled elbows, open-faced cheese sandwiches on plastic plates from the ’70s, and white orthopedic New Balance sneakers.
GRIEF STRUCK: An Interview with TOM HART on ROSALIE LIGHTNING
May 19th, 2016 | by Meg Lemke
Tom Hart and Leela Corman’s daughter Rosalie Lightning died, suddenly and unexpectedly, before her second birthday. Their tragedy shocked the indie
ROSALIE LIGHTNING: An Excerpt from TOM HART’s Graphic Memoir About His Daughter
May 19th, 2016 | by Tom Hart
Tom Hart’s daughter Rosalie died, before she turned two years old. He drew a book about her, about grief, and about
EXCAVATE MY CONTENTS: Kimberly Lipschus Investigates the Damage Done by Clinical Language Around Labor
May 13th, 2016 | by Kimberley Lipschus
“I hereby agree to the excavation of contents.” Now, please sign here. Although it sounds rather like a building site,
Jacqui Morton on WHAT GROWS FROM GRIEF
May 6th, 2016 | by Jacqui Morton
I see her rarely in a dream, though her face eludes me even there. I see her in the kitchen.
YOUR UTERUS HAS ITS OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM: A. V. Klotz on How She (Finally) Got Pregnant
April 30th, 2016 | by A. V. Klotz
You feel the blood before you see it, and by the third time, you know before you know. As if
LIFE’S LONGING FOR ITSELF: Lacunae, an Elegy for My Mother, Part V — by Lisa Wilde
April 28th, 2016 | by Lisa Wilde
It has not been easy for me to call myself an artist (and I still feel that some will say