Title: All of us : Americans talk about the meaning of death /
Authors: Anderson, Patricia
Publisher: Delacorte Press,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Death Psychological aspects; Bereavement Psychological aspects
Abstract: Tell me how you die and I will tell you who you are. It's an ancient adage, oft-repeated and profoundly true. When we talk about death, we are talking about a great many other things - our longings, our fears, our sense of identity, perhaps even what we want from life. In Patricia Anderson's illuminating collection of interviews, she examines this universal subject with insight, tenderness, even humor. Here are over sixty American voicesfrom gang kids to filmmakers, Native American shamans to robotics engineers expressing their beliefs about our only true common bond. Some are people in the public eye, like author Isabel Allende, performance artist Laurie Anderson, and physician Andrew Weil. Others are more private citizens. But all of them eloquently reveal a rich variety of experiences, feelings, and beliefs about death.
Contents: The Greatest Mystery of All -- Fleur Green -- Marta Arquello -- Helen Tworkov -- Wes Nisker -- Lee Cullum -- Jed Mattes -- Ron Short -- Rebecca Walker -- Isabel Allende -- Arthur Tsuchiya -- Meinrad Craighead -- Tomas Ybarra-Frausto -- Alan Moyle -- Frank Snepp -- Hobie Davis -- Citykids -- Lee Davis -- Noah -- Korby Siamis -- Marilee Longacre -- Robin White Owen -- Charlie Lord -- Cari -- Chris -- Lorena Martinez -- Melissa/Cynthia/Terry -- Marta Arquello -- Rebecca Walker -- Father Gary Gelfenbien -- Reverend Barbara St. Andrews -- Margaret Fielding -- Isabel Allende -- Terry Tafoya -- Brenda -- Bob Golden -- Laurie Anderson -- Shirley Stapleton -- James Blake -- Betty West -- Edith Wallace -- Lin -- Larry Dossey -- R. I. P. Hayman -- Meinrad Craighead -- John Giorno -- Carolyn Burns -- Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum -- Robin White Owen -- Jonathan Margolis -- Fenella Rouse -- A. J. Berman -- Jed Mattes -- Carla Torres -- Andrew Weil -- Stephanie Seremetis -- Karen Millerton -- Robert E. Svoboda -- Judith Campisi -- Robert Fuller -- Hans Moravec -- Jennifer -- Robert A. F. Thurman -- The Highest Common Denominator.