Open to Hope, Other Losses

Cartoonist Keith Knight on How Words Live On

Monday, February 9, 2015

Cartoonist Keith Knight in Tears

Keith Knight is a “gentleman cartoonist” whose various, nationally syndicated comics are published in the Washington Post, MAD, Daily Kos, Medium.com, and the Funny Times. Visit Keef on his website and watch the documentary on his work. […]

Death of a Parent, Open to Hope

Writer Penny Slusher on Somber-Free Rites

Thursday, January 8, 2015

writer Penny Slusher

Buying presents for the dead and gifting them; knowing your “mama dance” and texting as the deceased: this and more when memory artist, Nancy Gershman talks with writer and actress Penny Slusher about somber-free rites. […]

Death of a Grandparent, Open to Hope, Special Topics

Writer J.W. Basilo on Starting Fresh When the Old Guard is Gone

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

writer J.W. Basilo

How can you use a death and a birth to foster a new culture of decency around the dinner table? This and more when memory artist Nancy Gershman talks with Chicago-based writer, performer, and […]

Bereavement, Open to Hope, Other Losses

Comic Yisrael Campbell on Uplifting the Dying

Saturday, August 23, 2014

comic Yisrael Campbell

How can you use your talents to make the dying feel like they’re at the center of your universe? Be a DJ on a pretend radio station with your friend’s name […]

Death of a Parent, Open to Hope, Your Grief

Comedy writer Joe Janes on Truthful Memorialization

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Comic Joe Janes

Truthful memorialization means talking about Mom stoically eating Joe’s tofurkey. Or Mom openly guzzling “horrible things” like caffeine-free diet coke in front of her vegan son. How Joe honors these mischievous […]