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Reading, Writing, & Dancing with Death
Event Details
Darien Library and the Connecticut Death Collective welcome Amy Shea, essayist and author of Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins. Inspired by the classic imagery of the dance with death (a memento mori) —artworks that depict skeletons leading people from every station of life into the grave—Amy will guide participants through writing prompts and exercises that open space for reflection and creativity. Attendees will generate their own short pieces of poetry or prose in response to the images, using writing as a way to explore inequities in death and dying, and to consider how art can help us give language to the unspoken.
About the Book
Death may be the great equalizer, but not all deaths are created equal. Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins, a collection of closely connected essays, takes the reader on a journey into what happens to those who die while experiencing homelessness or who end up indigent or unclaimed at the end of life.
In the spirit of collective care, Amy will be accepting donations of new, packaged, adult-sized socks for Open Doors, Norwalk, a local organization providing shelter and services to individuals experiencing homelessness.
Books, courtesy of Barrett Bookstore, will be available for purchase at the event.
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3281473-0
