A Michigan poet, funeral director, and American Book Award-winning author of The Undertaking continues his quirky observations on the relations between the literary and mortuary arts, in a collection of illuminating essays and observations on life, death, and creative expression. Reprint. Masterful essays that illuminate not only how we die but also how we live. Acknowledgments 13(4) Credits 17(2) Introduction 19(12) Bodies in Motion and at Rest 31(8) Sweeney Revisited 39(12) Bible Studies 51(10) Wombs 61(20) The Bang & Whimper and the Boom 81(14) The Way We Are 95(22) Notes on ``A Note on the Rapture to His True Love'' 117(8) Decca, Dinky, Benji & Me 125(14) The Dead Priest 139(12) Fish Stories 151(10) The Blindness of Love 161(6) Funerals-R-Us 167(24) Johnny, We Hardly Knew You 191(8) Y2Kat 199(32) The Big Enchilada 231(6) The Oak Grove Imbroglio 237(10) Nora 247(6) Reno 253(16) Afterword 269(2) Time Time Time 271(4) Notes on Frontispieces 275