Her medium: the cremains of departed loved ones. Her mission: to change your perspective on the end of life.
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The Loneliness of the Junior College Esports Coach
After a year of loss and grief, Madison Marquer signed up to lead a team of gamers at a community college in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Brendan I. Koerner chronicles the journey. By early 2021, Walsh had gathered ample evidence to prove that esports could bring in as many as 20 student-athletes per year and boost the […]
‘My Sincere Condolences’
Inside the struggles and heartaches of FEMA’s massive COVID funeral assistance program.
52 Years in 11 Days: A Son, Facing Death, Finds His Father
“After struggling with cancer for years, Sam Anthony was running out of time. Before he died, he found the courage to mail a letter that he had long been afraid to send.”
The Ambiguous Loss of (Probably) Not Selling My Novel
In a period of trying to sell her novel, Danielle Lazarin reflects on art, waiting, and the space between grief and hope.
Grace: An Unfinished Draft, A Fire
“In Texas—Georgia—in Alabama—all over this vast canvas of fear that we call America, women will die. They won’t have time to run away. They will be great-Aunts only in name, and in death. And their deaths will disappear into a language made and remade by men to cover their shitty sins.”
The Jessica Simulation: Love and Loss in the Age of A.I.
“The death of the woman he loved was too much to bear. Could a mysterious website allow him to speak with her once more?”
‘The Price For Your Return to Normal Is My Life’: On Dismantling Layers of the Doll
“I have to wear all of these dolls, you see, so that Whiteness does not have to wear any.”
Seeing in the Dark
“I have to wear all of these dolls, you see, so that Whiteness does not have to wear any.”
Will We Ever Grasp the Enormity of the Pandemic?
“As long as we focus on deaths and statistics, the bigger story of Covid-19 will go untold.”