Across cultures and across time, men and women have written about death. On the pages that follow, you will find selections from novels and short stories, poems, religious rituals, clinical research, scripts for plays and television & radio programs, and private accounts of the experiences of just some of the many people who have written about their encounters with the dying, with death itself, and with bereavement. Also included are photographs that speak to some of the feelings and emotions, memories and stories associated with the end of life and with the life-review that often comes in a person's final days.

The Readings are presented in no particular order; feel free to browse awhile and come back later and browse some more.