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The depositions : new and selected essays on being and ceasing to be / Thomas Lynch ; foreword by Alan Ball.

by Lynch, Thomas, 1948- author.

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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2020]

Identity (Psychology)

Loss (Psychology)

Meaning (Philosophy)

9781324003977 (hardcover) :

1324003979 (hardcover) :

ix, 342 pages ; 24 cm

Foreword by Alan Ball -- from THE UNDERTAKING : The undertaking ; Gladstone ; Crapper ; The right hand of the Father ; The golfatorium ; Tract -- from BODIES IN MOTION AND AT REST : Introduction ; Bodies in motion and at rest ; Fish stories ; Y2Kat ; The way we are ; Reno -- from BOOKING PASSAGE : Introduction- The ethnography of everyday life ; The brother ; The same but different ; The sisters Godhelpus -- from THE GOOD FUNERAL : How we come to be the ones we are ; The theory and practice of cremation -- NEW ESSAYS : Introit ; Miracles ; Moveable and steadfast feasts ; Whence & whither ; The done thing.

For nearly four decades, as a poet, essayist, and small-town funeral director, Lynch has probed relations between the literary and mortuary arts. This collection of essays showcase Lynch's signature blend of memoir, meditation, gallows humor, and poetic precision. They illuminate not only how we die, but also how we live. -- adapted from jacket

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