Virtual - Literary Explorations of Mortality

Thursday, December 10, 2026 7:00—8:00 PM Online - Zoom **PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**   Hear writer Will McGrath share selections from his award-winning nonfiction. Will McGrath has been thinking about his own death for a while now. In a recent essay for The New York Times, McGrath wrote about a summer road trip he convinced his family to take through the cemeteries of the Midwest, so they could confront their mortality with clear eyes and humor. In his essay collection Farewell Transmission, McGrath faces up to the mysteries of death with humility and curiosity. In this program, McGrath will read selections from his works and discuss their creation. Register directly on Zoom HERE RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program. Will McGrath has worked as a reporter, homeless shelter caseworker, UPS truck loader, public radio producer, mental health crisis responder, Burger King chicken sandwich mayo-applicator, ghostwriter, and ghosteditor, in slightly different order. His debut book, Everything Lost Is Found Again, won the Society of Midland Authors Award for Biography & Memoir. His most recent book, Farewell Transmission: Notes from Hidden Spaces, was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award. He has written for The New York Times, The Believer, The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, AFAR, Guernica, The Rumpus, and Foreign Affairs, among other publications. This program is part of an on-going series "You've Been Dying to Know About..." that discusses various topics related to death and dying, created and facilitated by Andover resident, Richard Davis. Please register for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them, the email will be coming from Zoom. This program is hosted by the Memorial Hall Library in Andover, is brought to you in collaboration with a multitude of MA & NH libraries,, and is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library Sign up for our Ashland Public Library Newsletters! Return to main calendar