Poet Donald Hall reads about his wife Jane Kenyon, who contracted leukemia, went through treatment, and died. His book is also called Without: Poems. (18 minutes)
More in Death
Act One: Family Plot
Producer Lina Misitzis travels to Greece with her family to exhume the bones of her dead grandmother. (20 minutes)
Act Three: The Book of Death Is Long and Boring
Where do we go when we die? Producer David Kestenbaum learns that the answer's pretty bureaucratic.
Act Two: Commento Mori
There’s a problem with having a Facebook account after you’re dead that you’ve never, ever, ever thought about.
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