Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying

Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying

Former NEA fellow and Pushcart Prize-winning writer Sallie Tisdale explores all the heartbreaking, beautiful, terrifying, confusing, absurd, and even joyful experiences that accompany the work of dyin…

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