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Items with the tag:

death & mourning

Cover of The Last Words We Said
Fic­tion
The Last Words We Said
Leah Scheier
Cover of I Had a Brother Once: A Memoir, a Poem
Poet­ry
I Had a Broth­er Once: A Mem­oir, a Poem
Adam Mans­bach
Cover of Asylum: A personal, historical, natural inquiry in 103 lyric sections
Poet­ry
Asy­lum: A per­son­al, his­tor­i­cal, nat­ur­al inquiry in 103 lyric sections
Jill Bialosky
Cover of The $150,000 Rugelach
Fic­tion
The $150,000 Rugelach
Allison and Wayne Marks, Ariel Landy (Illustrator)
Essay

‘Hide the Jew’: Hol­ly­wood, Assim­i­la­tion, and the Mankiewicz Brothers

Nick Davis
October 11, 2021
Cover of Sorry for Your Loss
Fic­tion
Sor­ry for Your Loss
Joanne Levy
Excerpt

Excerpt: A Cry in Unison

Judy Cohen
September 13, 2021
Poetry

Days of Awe

Maia Evrona
September 13, 2021
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Non­fic­tion
After Effects: A Mem­oir of Com­pli­cat­ed Grief
Andrea Gilats
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Non­fic­tion
More Than We Expect­ed: Five Years With A Remark­able Child
James G. Robinson
Cover of The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience
Non­fic­tion
The Mod­ern Loss Hand­book: An Inter­ac­tive Guide to Mov­ing Through Grief and Build­ing Your Resilience
Rebec­ca Soffer
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Poet­ry
Aunt Bird
Yer­ra Sugarman
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Unthink­able Dreams: The Year That Mom Died and the Tow­ers Fell
Yeshaya Dou­glas Ballon
Cover of Boca by Moonlight: A Funeral. Three Friends. Starting Over.
Fic­tion
Boca by Moon­light: A Funer­al. Three Friends. Start­ing Over.
Brad Graber
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Pow­ered by Grief: My Adven­tures as a Sci­en­tist, Artist, and Activist
Bar­ton Rubenstein
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What Jon­ah Knew
Bar­bara Graham
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