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Utsob Roy 🖖Nov 14

Being the devil's advocate I am, I propose that we should make an active and sincere attempt to die.

#AnExaminedLife #AppliedPhilosophy

https://hermitage.utsob.me/journal/the-importance-of-dying-sincerely/

The Importance of Dying Sincerely

Meera Subramanian Nov 12, 2024

My latest, just published in Virginia Quarterly Review, about the power of female friendships & the burden of gratitude, sickness & health, the prospect of dying & the act of living. And bluefish.

#transplant, #organ, #cancer, #friendship, #appliedphilosophy, #love, #femalefriendship, #kidneys, #kidneydonation

https://buff.ly/4fJdU3J

A Measure of Gratitude

We were two women on either side of thirty throwing punches at one another’s faces in a concrete stairwell abuzz with florescent light. Our instructor showed us how to make a fist (thumbs on the outside), take aim, and put our weight into the shot.

VQR