What Happens Next?: Matters of Life and Death

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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Iowa and the Midwest Experience series editor William B. Friedricks Iowa History Center at Simpson College Also by Douglas Bauer fiction Dexterity The Very Air The Book of Famous Iowans nonfiction Prairie City, Iowa: Three Seasons at Home The Stuff of Fiction: Advice on Craft as editor Prime Times: Writers on Their Favorite TV Shows Death by Pad Thai and Other Unforgettable Meals university of iowa press iowa city Douglas Bauer Matters of Life and Death a WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright © 2013 by Douglas Bauer www.uiowapress.org Printed in the United States of America Design by Sara T. Sauers The University of Iowa Press gratefully acknowledges Humanities Iowa for its generous support of the Iowa and the Midwest Experience series. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. The University of Iowa Press is a member of Green Press Initiative and is committed to preserving natural resources. Printed on acid-free paper lccn: 2013934854 isbn-13: 978-1-60938-183-7 isbn-10: 1-60938-183-1 For Bob The end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. —t. s. eliot,“Little Gidding” ...