- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
From one of our most gifted writers and thinkers about death and the meaning of living comes a collection of writings about what comes next. Thomas Lynch, funeral director, poet, and author of the National Book Award finalist The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade, has an uncanny knack for writing about death in ways that are never morbid, always thoughtful, often humorous, and quite moving. From his account of riding in the hearse at the funeral of poet laureate Seamus Heaney, to his recounting of the funeral for a young child in the 1800s, to his compelling essay about his own mortality, Lynch always finds ways to make sense of senseless things, as he ponders what will come next.
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eBook ISBN
9781611649109Topic
Theology & ReligionTable of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Also by Thomas Lynch
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Every Cradle Asks Us “Whence?”
- 2. And Every Coffin, “Whither?”
- 3. The Black Glacier
- 4. Some Thoughts on Uteri, on Wombs
- 5. Euclid and the Properties of Love and Eucharist (On Michael Heffernan)
- 6. This Is Just to Say (On William Carlos Williams)
- 7. Poets, Popes, and Laureates (On Carol Ann Duffy)
- 8. Haunts (On Michael Donaghy)
- 9. An Eye for an Eyeness (On the Lord’s Prayer)
- 10. Preaching to Bishops
- 11. On Asses
- 12. The Good Funeral and the Empty Tomb
- 13. The Sin-eater
- 14. Lacrimae Rerum: A Play in One Act
- 15. Shilling Life
- 16. Movable and Steadfast Feasts
- Permissions
- Notes
- Excerpt from The Good Funeral, by Thomas G. Long and Thomas Lynch