Author and Painter Richard Alther on Life, Death and His New Novel, 'Bedside Matters'
Richard Alther If you ask someone how they hope to die, most people will ... well, they'll look at you in fear, confusion and/or shock and probably scurry away. Those who stick around long enough to answer might say something like, "In my sleep, blissfully unaware." "That's the nirvana," Richard Alther said in an interview. "Avoid death altogether." Indeed, slipping peacefully away into dreamland with no pain or suffering is typically considered the ideal way to depart this mortal coil. But Alther, an author, painter and competitive swimmer who...
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