New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.
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Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-332).
- Introduction / David Shields and Bradford Morrow — Deathwatch / David Gates — Between the forest and the well: notes on death / Kyoki Mori — Bayham Street / Robert Clark — The sutra of maggots and blowflies / Sallie Tisdale — A primer for the punctuation of heart disease / Jonathan Safran Foer — Silence and awakening / Diane Ackerman — A solemn pleasure / Melissa Pritchard — Death in the age of digital proliferation and other considerations / Christopher Sorrentino — The siege / Joyce Carol Oates — Field notes for the graveyard enthusiast / Robin Hemley — Inside story / Peter Straub — Invasion to the dance / Kevin Baker — Death wish to Negroland / Marge Jefferson — Grace Street / Greg Bottoms — The final plot / Lynne Tillman — Lessness / Lance Olsen — Bijou / Mark Doty — Cézanne’s colors / Brenda Hillman — What will survive of us / Geoff Dyer — This is the life / Annie Dillard.
Subjects:
- Authors, American — 20th century — Biography.
- Authors, American — 20th century — Psychology.
- Death — Psychological aspects.
- Fear of death.
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