Author: Mary Frances Knapp


  • “Family Tree” Design Integrates SMS Technology with Urns
    Designboom winners Loucas Papntoniou and Asta Sadauskaite digitilize death with their new take on the family tree

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  • The Healing Power of Hugs
    How a simple hug can help us through the grieving process

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  • A Woman’s War: The WWII Photography of Lee Miller
    The model-muse turned journalist captured unparalleled, haunting images of death in WWII.

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  • What is Beyond Surviving? (Interview)
    Facilitating recovery and hope for a stronger, more meaningful life after the suicide of a loved one

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  • “The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages” by Leo Buscaglia, Ph.D.
    Author Leo Buscaglia explores lessons of life and death through the adventures of Freddie the leaf

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  • “Dying was just an extended version of Ash Wednesday”
    — Author Don Delillo

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  • Walk Like an Egyptian: The Art of Grieving in Ramose’s Tomb
    The Theban tomb depicts traditional Egyptian scenes of death and the grieving process

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  • Can a Video Game Save Your Life?
    Jane McGonigal saved her life and improved countless others with SuperBetter

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  • “A Good Death” by Joshua Bright
    The New York Times photographer learned many things from the dying John R. Hawkins — among them, what it means to have “a good death”

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  • “Death is Coming for You” Prank
    We couldn’t resist a bit of black British humor

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