Articles by Melanie Brooks

‘Don’t Forget This Happened’

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A COVID-era plea on World AIDS Day

Sherman Alexie

Thank You, Sherman Alexie, for Going Public with Your Pain

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By suspending his book tour to deal with grief over losing his mother, Sherman Alexie is challenging a culture that admires stoic resilience.

Could Everybody Stop Trying to Pretty Up Death? It’s Not Working.

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Language that denies the mess of death also denies the grieving the chance to be messy.