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Introduction / by Rebecca Soffer and Gabrielle Birkner -- Collateral damage: But wait, there's more? -- Introduction / by Rebecca Soffer -- A wake / by Anthony King -- Would-bes / by Eileen Smith -- Second third child / by Eric Meyer -- There won't be blood / by Ruby Dutcher -- Mother figure / by Elizabeth Percer -- Things to know before scattering ashes / by Tré Miller RodrÃguez -- Triggers: What sets us off might surprise you -- Introduction / by Gabrielle Birkner -- A little to the left / by Amanda Palmer -- When Mom kan't keep up with the Kardashians / by Kate Spencer -- Brain games / by Chamique Holdsclaw -- Thanksgiving after Jack / by Anna Whiston-Donaldson -- Barren field / by Helen Chernikoff -- Dos and don'ts of building your crew -- Intimacy: 1 - 1 + 1 = ? -- Introduction / by Rebecca Soffer -- Meet the twins: grief and desire / by Emily Rapp Black -- Are you my Papi? / by Mathew Rodriguez -- What's good enough now / by LaNeah "Starshell" Menzies -- Taboo times two / by Alice Radosh -- Promise / by Mattie J. Bekink -- Guess who's (not) coming to dinner": surviving small talk after a loss / by Rebecca Soffer and Modern Loss -- Identity: who we were and who we've become -- Introduction / by Gabrielle Birkner -- Four little words, one big meaning / by Michael Flamini -- Dad-die issues / by Yassir Lester -- Dead-brother code switch / by Rachel Sklar -- Making peace with my mother's whiteness / by Amy Mihyang Ginther -- Just say Uncle / by Michael Arceneaux -- Survivor gilt: creative ways to use what's left behind instead of banishing it to storage purgatory / by Stacy London -- Inheritance: property of -- Introduction / by Rebecca Soffer -- Icky Pop / by Sara Faith Alterman -- Honey, don't screw up the namesake / by David Sax -- Accidental archivist / by Spencer Merolla -- Under the house / by Julie Satow -- Uncle Ron / by Kim Goldman -- There's no will, what the bleep do I do now? / by Amanda Clayman -- Data: loss (and found) in the digital universe -- Introduction / by Rebecca Soffer -- My husband's death went viral, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt / by Nora McInerny -- Confessions of a gmail hoarder / by Brian Stelter -- Unrecovered / by Meg Tansey -- Meeting Patricia, Aunt Esther's Amazon alter ego / by Joey Chernila -- A brief guide to griefspeak -- Secrets: what they didn't tell us, and what we aren't telling others -- Introduction / by Gabrielle Birkner -- My dad husband, the serial adulterer / by Robyn Woodman -- Practice imperfect / by Rachel M. Ward -- And the Oscar goes to... / by Catherine Fennelly -- Forever younger / by Caroline Waxler -- F is for forgiveness / by Haley Tanner -- Work life, after loss -- Journeys: where we've headed but not necessarily ended up -- Introduction / by Rebeca Soffer -- My wedding gown's last dance / by Lucy Kalanithi -- Where the heart no longer is / by Jacqueline Murekatete -- Feet, pain, love / by Sarah Fox -- From a purple room to the Obama White House / by Marisa Renee Lee -- Art imitates loss / by Michael Grief, as told to Rebecca Soffer -- Patches / by Tanzila Ahmed -- Shit people say, but really shouldn't -- Absence + time: what comes later -- Introduction / by Gabrielle Birkner -- David / by Elisa Albert -- Considering the alternatives / by Artis Henderson -- Deathday-birthday / by Nikki Reimer -- Double digits / by Nishta J. Mehra. |
