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”Let’s Talk About Death” by Steve Gordon and Irene Kacandes
A collection of email exchanges between a Dartmouth professor and a massage therapist explores the subject of mortality
“Let’s Talk About Death: Asking The Questions That Profoundly Change The Way We Live and Die” is a powerful collection of frank, beautifully written email exchanges between Dartmouth professor Irene Kacandes and massage therapist and former journalist Steve Gordon … Continue reading
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“The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Leo Tolstoy
A 19th century novel reflects on timeless themes of life and death
Arguably one of the greatest writers of all time, Count Lev (Leo) Nikolayevich Tolstoy was born to a wealthy Russian family in 1828. His entire body of work, from the highly regarded novels “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina” to his … Continue reading
A High School Class Called “Hospice”
The Harley School in Rochester, New York, runs a hospice volunteer class for its high school seniors
In 2002, Bob Kane created an award-winning hospice volunteer program for high school students at Rochester, New York’s Norman Howard School. He then moved on to The Harley School in Rochester, where he created a class for high school seniors … Continue reading
Vladimir Yakovlev’s “The Age of Happiness” Shows Seniors in a Whole New Light
A Russian journalist's photo series shows a side of aging we rarely see
In our youth-obsessed culture, negative stereotypes of aging people are everywhere. Conjure up an image of an elderly person and what do you see? A stooped old man with a walker, perhaps? A frail, gray-haired woman being tended to in … Continue reading
