Poet Donald Hall reads about his wife Jane Kenyon, who contracted leukemia, went through treatment, and died. His book is also called Without: Poems. (18 minutes)
More in Death
Act Three: One Last Thing After I Go
Producer Aviva DeKornfeld tells the story of Bill Edgar, who accidentally ended up helping people have a say at a moment when most people don’t get to say anything at all.
Act One: Ghostwriter
Vauhini Vara lost her sister when she was in college.
Act Three: Bought the Farm
Senior editor David Kestenbaum helps his kids set up an ant farm.
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