Tragicomedia with comic and chaplain, Hollie Laudal on drama-free dying
From the smoking granny who asks to die before the family arrives, to the ranting pedophile scared to death of the End: this and more when memory artist Nancy Gershman…
Tragicomedia with comedian Bobby Kelton on death of a BFF
Can people actually cause their own death after saying stuff like ‘If they ever win the World Series, I’ll die a lucky man"? Is there a reason a loved…
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED NEWSLETTER
Peggy Sweeney is the founder and president of the Sweeney Alliance; a bereavement educator, and editor of the Journeys Through Grief Newsletters - a resource for coping with grief, loss…
Tragicomedia with improv performer, Marv Stottlemire on estrangement loss and denial
Is denial born of excess optimism? Can visualizing yourself in the improv game, Hitchhiker lead to actual reconciliation? This and more when Tragicomedia's Nancy Gershman talks with Marvin Stottlemire, PhD, JD:…
Tragicomedia with stand-up Jay Nog about a friend’s suicide
Pranksters commit suicide too; eat/work-out/meditate before an emotional death anniversary; and why public Remembering should not be enforced: all in this week's Tragicomedia with Jay Nog, a stand-up comedian from…
Tragicomedia with Chicago playwright, Rebecca Langguth
Why special treatment from friends makes the bereaved act out; whether to carry on your dead mom's 5am birthday calls; and how to pull painful stories out of reluctant storytellers:…
Tragicomedia with sketch performer Beth Crosby on her BFF’s suicide
Hospital patients as life coaches; testing "What would Bette Midler do?" in the face of loss (and her mom's dementia). It's all in this week's Tragicomedia, as artist Nancy Gershman…
Tragicomedia with Don Hall, host of Chicago’s The Moth
Why you should live your dead guy's life for a day; the 3-day rule for wallowing; and how to "travel all over humanity" as a garage sale trumpet: Chicagoan Don…
Tragicomedia with NYC stand-up, Jordon Ferber
Schadenfreude on a bus, a missing watch and losing a leg are just a few of the stories in this week's Tragicomedia as artist Nancy Gershman interviews stand-up Jordon Ferber,…
Tragicomedia on grief with comedian David Himmel
Memory artist Nancy Gershman launches "Tragicomedia" - her new oral history series about loss and regrets, meaning-making and memory - by sitting down with David Himmel, Chicago-based comedian, author (of the book, A Camp…
Anita Talks Geneology with digital artist Nancy Gershman
Genealogy Blogger Anita Wills Interviews Nancy Gershman about “Ancestor Photo-Ops”
Anita Wills, host of “Anita Talks Genealogy” on Blog Talk Radio interviewed me about my Ancestor Dreamscape work on April 11, 2011 from her California studio. Wills, the author of…
Association of Personal Historians: "Cover Art: It's Not Window Dressing"
Cover Art for Legacy Works: It’s Not Window Dressing
Linda Coffin knows one thing, and that is that narrative and design “simply must go hand-in-hand if we want to do justice to the story.” In a recent thread on…