From The New Yorker, is there a better way to be bereaved? A review essay by Meghan O’Rourke. You are diagnosed with a terminal illness: Do you want your physician to deliver the news to your face, and if so, when, and how? A review of Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes. How we feel, deal with and talk about death and transition is an ongoing, evolving process. A review of Last Acts: Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life by David Casarett. An article on a hard choice for a comfortable death: Sedation. When does death start?: A new approach to organ donation doesn’t require waiting until the donor’s brain death. From Metapsychology, a review of A Commonsense Book of Death: Reflections at Ninety of a Lifelong Thanatologist by Edwin Shneidman; and a review of The Philosophy of Death by Steven Luper (and more). An interview with Sheldon Solomon on books about death. A review of Death Becomes Them: Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant, the Famous and the Notorious by Alix Strauss. A look at how photos in obituaries tell a different story. People talking openly about the subject of death and the afterlife can be so touchy about their souls. Survivors of near-death experiences attest to a mysterious helping presence. The first chapter from Surviving Death by Mark Johnston. What happens after death remains a mystery, but as John Casey has drawn upon his religious struggles to illuminate the way. A review of books on images of the next world. Is there life after death? An interview with Jeffrey Long, author of Evidence of the Afterlife. An interview with Carlos Eire, author of A Very Brief History of Eternity (and more).