Introduction / by the author
Jana DeCristofaro : grief services coordinator
Katrina Spade : founder of the Urban Death Project
Gabriel DePiero : twin brother
Loren Rhoads : former editor, Morbid Curiosity
Wende Jarman : barber, author's mother
Anna Urquhart : social worker, author's friend
Katherine MacLean : psychedelic scientist
Holly Pruett : life-cycle celebrant
John Lay : raconteur, author's uncle
Josh Slocum : comsumer rights advocate
Kim Stacey : freelance writer
Simon Critchley : philosopher
Andre Coberly : hospice volunteer
Teressa Raiford : community organizer
Art Spiegelman : cartoonist
Zach Wilson : video game designer
Frank Thompson : former death row warden.