Dealing with and Writing about Death.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Shafer, Gregory
- Source
- English Journal. Nov2017, Vol. 107 Issue 2, p35-40. 6p.
- Subject
- *DEATH
*EXPRESSIVISM (Ethics)
*GRIEF
WRITING
- Language
- ISSN
- 0013-8274
The author talks about the death of her sister and the writing project about death, that he gave to her class after it. Topics discussed include the importance of writing about death, the memoir "A Sketch of the Past" by Virginia Woolf, and the use of expressivist writing when writing about death. Also mentioned is the help that writing provides in dealing with death.