Write for the Dead Whom Thou Didst Love

 A voice calls, "Write, write!"

I say, "For whom shall I write."

And the voice replies,

"For the dead whom thou didst love."

—John Berryman

I read a novel the other day where the main character was a grieving widow with a young daughter, but neither character showed any symptoms of grief — at least not what I have come to know as grief. The only indication of their grief was a conversation about how the two needed to be strong and not cry.

If this is the way the non-grieving public learns about ...