About this episode

This episode explores profound grief and its impact on creativity through the lens of Neil Perry Gordon's personal loss.

What happens when grief is too large to stay silent? In this episode of the Everyone Dies podcast, we explore the death of a child and how profound loss reshapes the human heart. Inspired by the film Hamnet, author Neil Perry Gordon shares his journey of losing his son, Sam, and how grief often finds another form in art and creativity. This is a conversation about learning how love continues after death and why grief changes the imagination forever. https://bit.ly/4dLOCDV We discuss: The...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Marianne Matzo, Charlie Navarrette

Guest: Neil Perry Gordon

Topics covered

• grief
• loss
• art
• creativity
• love after death
• imagination

Keywords

• grief
• loss of a child
• Hamnet
• Neil Perry Gordon
• art and creativity
• love after death
• imagination

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hamnet

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