《讀者文摘》「我的星球」專欄作家，《紐約時報雜誌》、《Vogue》、《GQ》撰稿人。定期為「沙龍」網站（Salon.com）「健康與身體」（The Health & Body）專欄撰寫文章，寫了三、四篇有關「死體」、而非「活體」的文章後，大受歡迎，預備另闢「賴死鬼」（The Dead Beat）專欄，後因資金不足，計畫夭折，間接促成本書的出版。目前與丈夫和繼女居於舊金山。
You can't specify what happens to you when you donate your remains to science, only what doesn't happen. The dead people whose parts Glover and Corcoran have plastinated over the years checked a box on their University of Michigan donor form indicating that they did not object to "permanent preservation", but they didn't request it specifically.
Here’s the other thing I think about. It makes little sense to try to control what happens to your remains when you are no longer around to reap the joys or benefits of that control. People who make elaborate requests concerning disposition of their bodies are probably people who have trouble with the concept of not existing. Leaving a note requesting that your family and friends travel to the Ganges or ship your body to a plastination lab in Mich... (查看原文)
There is a passage in the Buddhist Sutra on Mindfulness called the Nine Cemetery Contemplations. Apprentice monks are instructed to meditate on a series of decomposing bodies in the charnel ground, starting with a body “swollen and blue and festering,” processing to one “being eaten by… different kinds of worms,” and moving on to a skeleton, “without flesh and blood, held together by the tendons.” The monks were told to keep meditating until they were calm and a smile appeared on their faces. I described this to Arpad and Ron, explaining that the idea is to come to peace with the transient nature of our bodily existence, to overcome the revulsion and fear. Or something.
We all stare at the man. Arpad swats at flies.
“So,” says Ron. “Lunch?” (查看原文)
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湖南科学技术出版社2022版
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湖南科学技术出版社2022版
0 有用 24个考妮 2011-05-16 19:34:48
二十某岁生日礼物啊！不恶心，挺好看的
0 有用 鎮長 2018-06-29 10:05:40
這本書不太適合在吃飯或者吃太飽的時候看，有點不蘇胡，尤其是木乃伊蜜餞，聽著不太可口。西方對於大體的處理已經相當的豁達，面臨死亡也或許比較開通。東方人可能還是沒辦法做到，至少我沒信心。
0 有用 啊卜次得鹅佛哥 2010-01-23 22:49:34
薰衣草。。。GOD 蜜饯。。。。。。OMG 人脂。。。。。。。。。GOD BLESS ME...
1 有用 㗊蕤冰 2008-01-23 10:05:14
简体中文版名为《僵尸的奇异生活》
0 有用 再见小狐狸 2014-12-20 23:51:18
論屍體的N種用法。