A compilation of interesting and significant obituaries, as they happen, emphasizing the achievements of those who have died.
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"By writing or reading obituaries,we can discover ways to make our time on earth more worthwhile, more productive, more meaningful to others." Alana Baranick, "Life on the Death Beat"
"'I always read the obituaries in The Times,' I explained to her. 'They make me bloody glad to be alive.'"
I read with interest and regret in The New York Times of the passing of a former editor -- a very influential editor -- of mine, Ben Sonnenberg Jr., who founded and edited the excellent literary journal, Grand Street.
I was lucky enough to work with Ben on two of my stories, "Born Here", now republished at http://www.fictionaut.com/stories/rick-rofihe/born-here and "Quiet", now at http://www.fictionaut.com/stories/rick-rofihe/quiet (and which was a Best American Short Story "nominee".) Later, Ben generously blurbed my FSG book of stories, FATHER MUST.
Grand Street was an uncommonly, at least to me, (and this was my experience WAY before I was in it) INVOLVING publication -- I would, mentally, at least, DEVOUR its pages with gusto.
I read with interest and regret in The New York Times of the passing of a former editor -- a very influential editor -- of mine, Ben Sonnenberg Jr., who founded and edited the excellent literary journal, Grand Street.
ReplyDeleteI was lucky enough to work with Ben on two of my stories, "Born Here", now republished at
http://www.fictionaut.com/stories/rick-rofihe/born-here and "Quiet", now at
http://www.fictionaut.com/stories/rick-rofihe/quiet (and which was a Best American Short Story "nominee".)
Later, Ben generously blurbed my FSG book of stories, FATHER MUST.
Grand Street was an uncommonly, at least to me, (and this was my experience WAY before I was in it) INVOLVING publication -- I would, mentally, at least, DEVOUR its pages with gusto.