Demands of the Dead
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Katy Ryan
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-15 - Publisher: University of Iowa Press

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The first work to combine literary criticism with other forms of death penalty–abolitionist writing, Demands of the Dead demonstrates the active importance of
Demands of the Dead
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Katy Ryan
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-15 - Publisher: University of Iowa Press

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This collection by death-row prisoners, playwrights, poets, activists, and literary scholars provides literary perspectives on the subject of the death penalty.
The Work of the Dead
Language: en
Pages: 736
Authors: Thomas W. Laqueur
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-08 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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The meaning of our concern for mortal remains—from antiquity through the twentieth century The Greek philosopher Diogenes said that when he died his body shou
Stories I Forgot to Tell You
Language: en
Pages: 97
Authors: Dorothy Gallagher
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-10 - Publisher: New York Review of Books

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A delicate and darkly witty reflection on loss, marriage, writing, and life in New York from an acclaimed biographer and memoirist. Dorothy Gallagher’s husban
Here We Are
Language: en
Pages: 193
Authors: Benjamin Taylor
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-07 - Publisher: Penguin

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Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award A deeply felt, beautifully crafted meditation on friendship and loss in the vein of A Year of Magical Thinking, and