Death Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/death/ a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:19:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.publicbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-2-300x300.png Death Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/tag/death/ 32 32 “Why Do We Go On Pretending?”: Theater at the End of the World https://www.publicbooks.org/why-do-we-go-on-pretending-theater-at-the-end-of-the-world/ Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:00:44 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=54828 The theatre is where we go to remind ourselves that we are all dying together, and to live better for it.

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]]> “Once It Is Written, It Is Forgotten”: Kate Zambreno on Hervé Guibert https://www.publicbooks.org/once-it-is-written-it-is-forgotten-kate-zambreno-on-herve-guibert/ Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:00:52 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=50901 “So I must begin again, when I only have months left to write it.”

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]]> “The Breath of Life”: Sheila Heti on Art, Loss, and Immortality https://www.publicbooks.org/the-breath-of-life-sheila-heti-on-art-loss-and-immortality/ Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:00:18 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=51000 “Let it become the thing that leads you through your days for years on end—just allowing that problem to live in front of you and to guide you.”

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]]> When Poetry Summons the Dead https://www.publicbooks.org/when-poetry-summons-the-dead/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:00:33 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=44956 The dead, the disappeared, and the forgotten—these Iberian poems make clear—can never be safely put away.

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]]> Last Comic Standing https://www.publicbooks.org/last-comic-standing/ Mon, 05 Jun 2017 15:00:38 +0000 http://www.publicbooks.org/?p=13229 Why is a good novel like a joke? Before you think too hard, relax: there’s no single punch line here. I’m simply drawing attention to what might be a fruitful comparison. Like a joke, a good novel brings relief or provides escape. Both might make us laugh. Both upend audience assumptions. And both often find […]

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