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Alfonsina y El Mar
Rosalia
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Do ‘Griefbots’ Help Mourners Deal With Loss?
Opinion | Bereaved people should temper their expectations when chatting with AI-driven simulations of their lost loved ones.
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'Virtual autopsies' have the potential to reduce trauma for families, lawyers, police
Forensic pathologists are investigating if augmented reality and artificial intelligence could reduce the number of invasive autopsies and the associated trauma.
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Will Holograms Help Us Grieve?
Ready or not, digital afterlives are here to stay.
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The lesson from Hither Green – no one can be forced to share another’s grief
The floral tributes to slain intruder Henry Vincent have caused anger and resentment, but shrines are rarely places of peace, says religion writer Andrew Brown.
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Lithium
Nirvana, Annie Clark
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Recognizing What They Had, 20 Years Too Late
A closeted gay woman didn’t know how to have platonic love with a man. Decades later, she wishes she had been brave enough to try. By Nicky Radcliffe.
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Being a Funeral Director Made Me Realize the Death Industry is Too Exclusive
Americans might have a healthier attitude toward death if people like me didn’t keep it so hidden from view. By Caleb Wilde.
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The Fire That Forced Me to Finally Say Goodbye
When my house burned down with Mom’s ashes inside, I lost her all over again. By Andria Stone.
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The Short, Sad Story of Stanwix Melville
“He seems to be possessed with a demon of restlessness,” Stanwix’s mother remarked. But his real demon was motionlessness. After eighteen months in California, Stanwix reports: “I am still stationary.” By Christopher Benfey.
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The pursuit of loneliness: how I chose a life of solitude
Hayley Campbell quit her job and moved into an empty flat. Here she explains the tough but peculiar pleasures of seclusion.
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“I begged him to come home”: Breaking the taboo around texting the dead
Many people text dead loved ones to cope with their grief – but trouble arises when they get an unexpected reply. By Amelia Tait.
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Death Is Real: Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum Copes With Unspeakable Tragedy
A day in the life of the singer-songwriter following the death of his wife, Geneviève. By Jayson Greene.
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Not all there: My mother's lobotomy
I learned about my mother's lobotomy when I was 25, maybe 26. I'm still trying to make sense of it. By Mona Gable.
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Seeing Stars
When you’re grieving, a phone can become an optical instrument, turning magical thinking to magical realism. By Alex Ronan.
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Double Solitude
Now and then, especially at night, solitude loses its soft power and loneliness takes over. I am grateful when solitude returns. By Donald Hall.
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Learning to Say Goodbye to My Father: The Ritual of Letting Go
Sleeping next to a corpse, even that of a loved one, was a ritual I had long been dreading. Instead of bringing closure, it seemed a particularly cruel and gothic way to bring even more sorrow to a grieving family. By Shihoko Goto.
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We Are All Witnesses
In Cleveland, Tamir Rice’s mother still grapples with grieving in private following her son’s public death. By Jordan Ritter Conn.
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Archaeology of the Undead
The many precautions people have taken to keep corpses in their graves. By James Close. (May 18, 2016)
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The Stories We Live With
Death turned his brother into a cipher, and it would take a return home to collect the pieces of a shattered life. By Philip Connors.
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