In January 1833, an author known only as O’G published their musings on the Irish funeral cry, or caoine, in […]
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In January 1833, an author known only as O’G published their musings on the Irish funeral cry, or caoine, in […]
My 28-year-old nephew, Willie Lee “Chill” Oglesby, Jr., was murdered on November 8, 2017. One of the first things that […]
On April 16, 2020, the New York Times published an op-ed about the challenges facing overwhelmed funeral directors around the […]
My neighbor died as I was finishing this essay. We were two weeks into the stay-at-home order during the COVID-19 […]
A pregnancy loss is a site of tension, situated between waiting for the baby, the unanticipated loss, and the often […]
I can’t decide what to do with my corpse. Embalming, the bread-and-butter of the American funeral industry, feels wrong. Is […]