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“2BRO2B” by Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. plays with complex themes of aging and death in his 1962 short story “2BRO2B”
On the surface, 2BRO2B is an incredibly dark satire portraying a bleak future where death is militantly maintained by the government. As we are introduced to a futuristic society in which death and aging has been cured, and the population … Continue reading
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Tagged Aging and Elder Care, anti-agin, Art, Kurt Vonnegut, Light on Aging and Dying, Literature, Mural, Vonnegut, World Literature
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Widows Reflect on Aging and Dying
Helen Nearing and Joan Didion Offer Us Their Thoughts
I was recently rummaging through an old bookstore when I stumbled on a copy of the book Light on Aging and Dying, by Helen Nearing, written when she was a widow. I was familiar with Helen and her husband Scott’s … Continue reading
