Thomas Lynch

From one of our most gifted writers and thinkers about death and the meaning of living comes a collection of writings about what comes next. Thomas Lynch, funeral director, poet, and author of the National Book Award finalist The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade, has an uncanny knack for writing about death in ways that are never morbid, always thoughtful, often humorous, and quite moving. From his account of riding in the hearse at...

"A selection of the very best from one of America's most thought-provoking writers: poems on life, faith, doubt, and death that read like memoir, essay, and story. As The New York Times said, has written, "likely to resonate with many who have come face to face with life's most important questions." Thomas Lynch-like Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams-is a poet who writes about real things with language rooted in the everyday yet masterfully...