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Sara (Wible) Guido ’95
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Karla Erickson ’95
Karla recently published a new book:
How We Die Now
Intimacy and the Work of Dying
Karla A. Erickson
Intimacy and the Work of Dying
Karla A. Erickson
Publication Date: November 12, 2013
208 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/4″
Paper: 978-1-4399-0824-2 $25.95
208 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/4″
Paper: 978-1-4399-0824-2 $25.95
Insights from elders and their caregivers on the end of life
“Presented with insight and compassion, How We Die Now teaches as it sorts the complexity of what is called the ‘work of dying.’ This book is not so much about the dying process as it is about what can be learned from those who work with those who are dying. Surprises and lessons abound as this gray area at the end of life comes into view with clarity.”-Jay Gubrium, Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Missouri and author of Living and Dying at Murray Manor
Karla was an English and Women’s Studies major at IWU and is currently a professor at Grinnell College. Here is a link to her web bio.
Christopher Baron ’95
Christopher Baron recently published his book, Timaeus of Tauromenium and Hellenistic Historiography (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
He writes, “Timaeus of Tauromenium (350–260 BC) wrote the authoritative work on the Greeks in the Western Mediterranean. Like the vast majority of ancient historians, however, his work survives only in fragments. My book provides an up-to-date study of his work and shows that both the nature of the evidence and modern assumptions about historical writing in the Hellenistic period have skewed our treatment and judgement of lost historians.”
Congrats on the book Chris!