Putting My Affairs in Order
Acquiring a coffin and disposing of possessions in anticipation of the inevitable
April 10, 2024
Vivian Conan is a writer and librarian who lives in Manhattan. A native New Yorker, she grew up in a large Greek-Jewish clan in Brooklyn, graduated from Brooklyn College, and holds master’s degrees from Pratt Institute and Baruch College. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, New York, Lilith, Narratively, Cleaver, Dorothy Parker’s Ashes, and Psychotherapy.net. Her memoir is "Losing the Atmosphere."