There is a stellar review of #After Lives, an edited volume by Rhae Lynn Barnes, @kerileighmerritt, and Yohuru Williams
in #TheNewRepublic by Sarah Jaffe.

This line has stuck with me:
“… part of grieving is letting go of the pretty illusions that we cling to; it is exactly in the refusing to tell the easy lies that we allow ourselves to truly mourn.”

https://mstdn.social/@roberttsai/109447262718164831