Kathi Wolfe Publishes Essay on Obituaries and Historical Erasure

BhB poet Kathi Wolfe, writing for the Washington Blade, examines the role of obituaries in history, and how they can be a tool to confirm or erase the existence of marginalized people from history. Wolfe focuses on the LGBTQ community, using the personal, historic, and contemporary to examine the importance of an obituary. You can read “Obituaries are lively stories of lives” here.

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