In these thematically linked pieces, Sue William Silverman explores the fear of death, and her desire to survive it, through gallows humor, realism, and speculation. Although defeating death is physically impossible, language, commemoration, and metaphor can offer slivers of transcendent immortality.
In these thematically linked pieces, Sue William Silverman explores the fear of death, and her desire to survive it, through gallows humor, realism, and speculation. Although defeating death is physically impossible, language, commemoration, and metaphor can offer slivers of transcendent immortality.
Sue William Silverman is a memoirist, poet, and teacher of writing at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has published several books, including Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You; Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey through Sexual Addiction; The Pat Boone Fan Club: My Life as a White Anglo-Saxon Jew (Nebraska, 2014); and Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir.
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Author’s Note Ultima Thule Fate 1 Clotho spins the thread of life The Eternal Reign of Miss Route 17 13 Ways of Surviving New Jersey Miss Route 17 Refuses to Grow Old The Three Fates: How Much Is the Moon Worth? The Remarkable Death-Defying Exploits of Miss Route 17 Until My Number Comes Up Requiem for a Qwertyist My Death in the Family The Three Fates: Drawing the Shades A Member of the Wedding Fate 2 Lachesis measures the thread of life to determine how long you live The Sick Hypochondriac The Three Fates: On Tedium The Safe Side My Life as a Thanatologist The Janet Leigh Variations The Summer of Hate and Death Here Be Human Dragons Miss Route 17’s Near-Death Experience under the Boardwalk at the New Jersey Shore Sigilisms of Miss Route 17’s Many Hidden Talents Death Comes for the Poet Flirting with the Butcher The Three Fates and the Barefoot Angels Fate 3 Atropos cuts the thread of life with a pair of shears to decide how someone dies At the Terminal Gate Miss Route 17’s Own Graceland Memorabilia: My Guardian Devils and the Phantom of the Opera Gloves The Three Fates: When You Go Of Chrysanthemums, Tupperware, Cremated Remains, and FedEx-ing to the Great Beyond Miss Route 17’s Blue Period The Three Fates: Filling in the Blanks On the Reliance of Verbs to Survive Death The Queen of Panmnesia Acknowledgments Notes
Author’s Note Ultima Thule Fate 1 Clotho spins the thread of life The Eternal Reign of Miss Route 17 13 Ways of Surviving New Jersey Miss Route 17 Refuses to Grow Old The Three Fates: How Much Is the Moon Worth? The Remarkable Death-Defying Exploits of Miss Route 17 Until My Number Comes Up Requiem for a Qwertyist My Death in the Family The Three Fates: Drawing the Shades A Member of the Wedding Fate 2 Lachesis measures the thread of life to determine how long you live The Sick Hypochondriac The Three Fates: On Tedium The Safe Side My Life as a Thanatologist The Janet Leigh Variations The Summer of Hate and Death Here Be Human Dragons Miss Route 17’s Near-Death Experience under the Boardwalk at the New Jersey Shore Sigilisms of Miss Route 17’s Many Hidden Talents Death Comes for the Poet Flirting with the Butcher The Three Fates and the Barefoot Angels Fate 3 Atropos cuts the thread of life with a pair of shears to decide how someone dies At the Terminal Gate Miss Route 17’s Own Graceland Memorabilia: My Guardian Devils and the Phantom of the Opera Gloves The Three Fates: When You Go Of Chrysanthemums, Tupperware, Cremated Remains, and FedEx-ing to the Great Beyond Miss Route 17’s Blue Period The Three Fates: Filling in the Blanks On the Reliance of Verbs to Survive Death The Queen of Panmnesia Acknowledgments Notes
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