Erika Hayasaki spent nine years as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times before becoming an assistant professor in the Literary Journalism program at the University of California, Irvine. She is a recipient of the Los Angeles Times Best Writing Award, the Association of Sunday Feature Editors Award, and the American Society of Newspaper Editors Breaking News Award.
"At its heart, this book spotlights a bumpy but certain road to
resurrection and imparts its wisdom as it traverses a drama-filled
landscape, one pocked with suicides and cold-blooded murder, abuse
and addiction. . . . The Death Class manages to glide gracefully
and delicately through the parts -- say, the autopsy table -- where
you're sure you'll retch, if you can even keep your eyes on the
page. And for sticking with it, you're rewarded with poetic
passages and assorted revelations you'll likely not forget. . . .
Hayasaki, through Bowe, drums in the essential lessons of how by
finding purpose beyond ourselves, we infuse our lives with meaning
and lessen our fear of death."--Chicago Tribune
"The Death Class is at once puncturing and redemptive, sharing
humanity's most painful, violent face while at the same time
revealing a fierce optimism and stunning generosity. It is more
than a glimpse of a remarkable educational experiment. It shares
the story of an extraordinary teacher whose very life is the class
while weaving together the lives of students who struggle with
complex, tormenting problems and find grace in each other. Its
stories have lodged in me and will not soon let me go."--Erica
Brown, author of Happier Endings: A Meditation on Life and
Death
"This is a beautiful book about courage--the courage to turn and
face your own life and death, and the courage to make a difference
in the lives of others. The Death Class points to a way of living
fully, gratefully, and meaningfully every day."--Elizabeth Lesser,
author of Broken Open and cofounder of the Omega Institute
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