Author: Liz Matsushita


  • What Is a Palliative Care Nurse? An Interview with Judith Redwing Keyssar (Interview)Palliative care specialist opens up about health care, consultation, and end-of-life

    What Is a Palliative Care Nurse? An Interview with Judith Redwing Keyssar (Interview)
    Palliative care specialist opens up about health care, consultation, and end-of-life

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  • “Up”How Pixar makes a floating house lead to a healing journey in one of the greatest animated love stories

    “Up”
    How Pixar makes a floating house lead to a healing journey in one of the greatest animated love stories

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  • What is the Threshold Choir? (Interview)

    What is the Threshold Choir? (Interview)

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  • “Birds of America”Lorrie Moore's stories deal artfully with illness and mortality in young children

    “Birds of America”
    Lorrie Moore’s stories deal artfully with illness and mortality in young children

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  • “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”Famed Native American author mixes dark humor and sadness in his treatments of loss and death

    “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”
    Famed Native American author mixes dark humor and sadness in his treatments of loss and death

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  • Smoke SignalsNative American Chris Eyre's film takes a funny and poignant look at two kinds of loss

    Smoke Signals
    Native American Chris Eyre’s film takes a funny and poignant look at two kinds of loss

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  • Short Story: “Breaking the News,” by Vladimir Nabokov (1935)
    Friends struggle with how to break very bad news in this story of the moment before grief

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  • “The Art of Being a Healing Presence”How to help a loved one through a tough time

    “The Art of Being a Healing Presence”
    How to help a loved one through a tough time

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  • “The Namesake”Sensitive, honest portrayal of loss in the story of the Ganguli family

    “The Namesake”
    Sensitive, honest portrayal of loss in the story of the Ganguli family

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Famous Last Words” by Katie Alender
    Pocket-sized book takes a lighter look at some notable final utterances

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