Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Shields, David, 1956-
2. Morrow, Bradford, 1951-

Description

1. 332 p.; 21 cm.

Subject

1. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography
2. Death > Psychological aspects
3. Authors, American > 20th century > Psychology
4. Fear of death

Contents

1. 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 to Negroland / Marge 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.

Call number

1. JFD 11-1148

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-332).

Title

1. The inevitable : contemporary writers confront death / edited by David Shields and Bradford Morrow ; with an introduction by the editors.

Imprint

1. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.

Edition

1. 1st ed.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-332).

Added author

1. Shields, David, 1956-
2. Morrow, Bradford, 1951-

LCCN

1. 2010043479

ISBN

1. 9780393339369 (pbk.)
2. 039333936X (pbk.)

Research call number

1. JFD 11-1148