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...play’s title is a testament both to the main character’s occupation as a professional mourner, or “keener,” and to the grief she feels over the climactic events of the play, which linger enigmatically in the background of her entire monologue but are only made clear in the last third. It is finally revealed that a paramilitary group has slaughtered a group of men in the women’s home village. Upon discovering that her son was involved in the plot, the woman must wrestle with her profound...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Colombian Play Defies Politics | 10/25/2005 | See Source »

...crime--Boulder's only murder in 1996--prompted grief and shock among the Ramseys' friends and general fears of a predator. After the initial stages of the police investigation, Boulder's communications director Leslie Aaholm assured citizens, "There's no need for concern." This comment raised suspicions, standing out as it did against a background of near total silence about the case by the police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHO KILLED THIS CHILD? | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...Year of Magical Thinking,” at 6:30 p.m. today at the First Parish Church. Tickets cost $3 and can be purchased at the Harvard Book Store or by calling (617) 661-1515.For anyone who wonders whether an account of a year of personal tragedy and grief can be anything more than a chronicle of catharsis that happened to get published, Joan Didion’s new book “The Year of Magical Thinking” answers with a resounding—though indirect—yes. While it is self-centered in the sense of being...

Author: By Marin J.D. Orlosky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Didion’s Moving Memoir Lets Reader See ‘Year’ Through Her Eyes | 10/13/2005 | See Source »

...From TIME.com • Kashmir Aftershocks: The Plight of the Living-And The Dead TIME's New Delhi bureau chief reports on the grief and protests that have gripped the earthquake zone

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kashmir Aftershocks: The Plight of the Living—and the Dead | 10/10/2005 | See Source »

...Aftermath: A Father's Grief As hopes for peace rose between contending nations, nature intervened violently in the life of a Kashmiri family

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kashmir Aftershocks: The Plight of the Living—and the Dead | 10/10/2005 | See Source »

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