death

An essay that uses two recent Seattle Art Museum exhibits to compare Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, and Kurt Cobain and to reflect on the nature of celebrity.

Jason Byassee examines fatherhood, mortality, resurrection, and the hope of a good surf.

On celebrations and empty chairs at the table in three films: Still Walking, Summer Hours, and Rachel Getting Married.

In this poem, Karla Huston contemplates a museum exhibit of a woman’s body that has turned to soap.

A review of Death’s & Transfigurations by Paul Mariani.

In this creative nonfiction piece, a woman recycles her dead lover’s computer and discovers the difficulty of letting go.

A poem by Liz Dolan explores children’s responses to death.

This article looks at Mark C. Taylor’s theology as it relates to Thomas J. J. Altizer and Death of God theology.

A conversation with Dr. Joel Shuman on the bodily enactment of the church, specifically how it deals with death and dying, in a disembodied world.