When I sat down to write about loss, I realized: I do not want to be forced by grief to learn how to process it.

But can you prepare yourself?

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Mementos:

The essay collection “Running After Antelope” by Scott Carrier

The memoir “The Night of the Gun: A reporter investigates the darkest story of his life—His own” by David Carr

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