Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The title we've given this anthology,
(After)life, indicates the broad range of cultural experiences and encounters with death, whether actual or imagined, that the stories and poems relate. Collectively, the pieces in this anthology pose the question, What does death mean? Death used to be simple. It was the moment when the heart stopped beating. When does death occur now? Does death mean only endings for those left behind? If not, what are the ways in which we live on, after life? The stories and poems in
(After)life explore or meditate on answers to these and other questions. The works we selected for
(After)life reflect the complexity of our experiences with death.