The Art of Dying, The Act of Grieving

Today, many of us have no idea how to speak about death, let alone how to behave in the presence of it. Do we hug our colleague who has just lost a parent? Do we attend a funeral for someone we don’t love? Do we wash dead bodies? What do you say when someone you love tells you they are dying? How do you let others know you are heartbroken by grief? This Olio event, led by BMCC-CUNYC Assistant Professor Jamie Warren, will look at the lost art of dying, the absence of clear social expectations for the grieving, and try to understand how and why we let death disappear from life.

*This Olio event will take place in a Bushwick apartment. Address will be sent upon rsvp*