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Mortal Matters

Sara Engram

Making peace with death so we can live with more joy and less regret.

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  • Sara Engram

    I'm an award-winning journalist and writer based in Baltimore. I spent decades asking hard questions about how people live. Now I focus on the question most of us avoid: how do we live well, knowing we will die?

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