BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

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Are you religious?

Are you religious?

Jennifer Michael Hecht, author of Doubt and Stay, talks about religion, the complexity of a higher power, and the secrets and sanctity of poetry.

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Carissa Potter
Jan 07, 2022
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Last fall, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jennifer Michael Hecht, author of Stay: A History of Suicide and the Arguments Against It. Stay is a book that has meant a lot to me personally. It’s about what we owe the people we love and why it’s worth it to stay alive. Then, we recorded this “secret” conversation. It’s a conversation that we did not rel…

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