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Meghan O'Rourke
Meghan O'Rourke is Slate's culture critic and an advisory editor. She was previously an editor at The New Yorker. The Long Goodbye, a memoir about her mother's death, is now out in paperback.
Articles By Meghan O'Rourke
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A Mother Is a Story With Neither Beginning Nor End
Alison Bechdel’s follow-up to Fun Home examines her difficult relationship with her difficult mom.
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The Culture Gabfest, “Diving Into the Wreck” Edition
Listen to Slate's show about the works of Adrienne Rich, killer grizzly bears, and the mysterious disappearance of the neurotic.
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The Will To Change
Adrienne Rich’s death leaves a hole in the culture that can’t easily be filled.
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Is Mourning Madness?
The wrongheaded movement to classify grief as a mental disorder.
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Quintana’s Story
Joan Didion’s Blue Nights isn’t about grieving for her daughter. It’s about a mother’s regrets.
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How To Help Friends in Mourning
Condolence notes? Casseroles? What our grief survey revealed.
