What would you read to someone who was dying? Annie Dillard had asked our class. She wanted this to be the standard for our work. There, at the memorial service for my friend, I thought of another: Dying, what stories would you tell?
Annie Dillard posed a poignant question to our class, asking what we would read to someone who was nearing the end of life. This introspective query served as a guide for our writing, prompting us to consider the essence of storytelling in the face of mortality.
Reflecting on this, during a memorial service for a friend, I found myself pondering another profound question: What stories would you share in such moments? This thought resonates with the themes explored in Alexander Chee's "How to Write an Autobiographical Novel," encouraging deep contemplation on the narratives we choose to tell and their significance in the context of life and loss.
