Debra Salazar

Recycling

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

Liz Dolan

Early Sorrow

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

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

A Shock of Sky

A poem by Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz that describes a non-eyewitness response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

Cara Strauss

Huddled against Death

Mourning death is dramatically different around the world, as is the care people need in the face of death.

Janet Sunderland

Standing at the Top of the Lane

In this poem, Janet Sunderland powerfully connects an encounter with the natural world to the everyday darkness of death and war and hopelessness.