Articles by Thomas Lynch

Bearing the body: friends and family reach out at a funeral in New Orleans in 1993. Photo by Bob Sacha/Corbis

Mortal remains

The dead are no longer welcome at their own funerals. So how can the living send them on their way?

Thomas Lynch 25 January 2013
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