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The inevitable : contemporary writers confront death / edited by David Shields and Bradford Morrow ; with an introduction by the editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Psychology.
- Authors, American--20th century--Psychology.
- Death--Psychological aspects.
- Death.
- Fear of death.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 332 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Contemporary writers confront death
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton & Co., [2011]
- Contents:
- 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 in Negroland / Margo 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-332).
- ISBN:
- 039333936X
- 9780393339369
- OCLC:
- 601106389
- Publisher Number:
- 99945253162
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