How to keep our minds "flowing comedically" after a death with smart phones, comic strips and more - as memory artist, Nancy Gershman talks with“gentleman cartoonist," Keith Knight whose various, nationally syndicated comics are…
Buying presents for the dead and gifting them; knowing your "mama dance" and texting as the deceased: this and more when memory artist, Nancy Gershman talks with writer and actress Penny Slusher about…
How to use the death of a matriarch and birth of a baby to foster a new culture of decency around the dinner table; this and more when memory artist Nancy Gershman talks with Chicago-based writer,…
Be a DJ on a pretend radio station with your friend's name in the call letters: this idea and more when memory artist Nancy Gershman speaks with Yisrael Campbell (born Chris Campbell):…
We need to say goodbye early on by listening and loving more. This and more as Brian Karem - comedian and musician speaks with memory artist, Nancy Gershman about the…
How to love one's own "character" after loss - this and more from London-based comedian, Steve Jameson when he speaks with memory artist, Nancy Gershman about shattered self-worth in the wake of…
End of life for Al, an ex-mobster versus John, who in his 80's believed he was first baseman for the New York Yankees; this and more as memory artist Nancy…
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…
Joe tickled by Mom stoically eating his tofurkey. Mom openly guzzling "horrible things" like caffeine-free diet coke in front of her vegan son. Honoring these mischievous moments and more when…
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…
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…
A year ago, I started to work with a family where the grandmother was beginning a steady physical decline due to breast cancer. Portly in her 60's, 70's and 80's,…
