The Modern Loss Book in the Media

Hoe Ik Het Rouwvocabulaire Maak Dat Mist in Onze Taal

By Babet te Winkel in My Loss, Personal Essays

Sterkte. Dat is wat we in het Nederlands zeggen om elkaar kracht te wensen als er iets moeilijks is gebeurd. We wensen elkaar nooit zachtheid of de openheid om het allemaal te kunnen ervaren. Sterk zijn is een deugd. Rationeel...

How I’m Creating the Grief Vocabulary My Language Doesn’t Have

By Babet te Winkel in My Loss, Personal Essays

The Dutch wish each other strength to move through tough times. But in loss, we need different words of support.

How a Simple Set of Cards Brought Me Surprisingly Closer to My People

By Rebecca Soffer in

In these physically distanced times, meaningful conversations have kept my sanity afloat.

My Little Fictions Legacy

By Sara Faith Alterman in My Loss

Dad applied his gifts for narrative to everything from pornography to children's stories. One of those brought my son and him together after he died.

‘Call It Grief and Then See if it Changes How You View it’

By Nishta J. Mehra in My Loss, Personal Essays

Grief can have a clarifying effect, a way of lasering away the mundane. Here's how you can apply some lessons from loss to this year's surreal new world.

How I Found an Unexpected Gift in the Berkshire Hills

By Michael Flamini in My Loss, Personal Essays

My New York City apartment ceased being a happy place after my partner died. Over the years, and especially during this pandemic, my second home became my salvation.