Kathryn Trueblood

The Kessler Twins sisters Alice and Ellen die together aged 89 German pop duo who last year said their wish was ‘to leave together’ had joint assisted death at their home in Grünwald

What a life and what a way. to go!
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Doulapalooza 2025 hosted on Whova October 10 – 12, 2025, New Orleans, LA

I'm pleased to be heading to Doula Palooza in New Orleans October 10-12. There is so much richness and comfort in this teaching. A lot of Boomers will soon need to depart the planet, and they will need the company of others.

The wealth of resources here is a reflection of the generosity of the folks behind this website. You can receive an education in VSED from this website and hear the family stories. There are people who will do their best to answer your questions. Full disclosure: I'm one of them.

YouTube video by Hemlock Society of San Diego Beverly Thorn: "Before I Lose My Own Mind: Navigating Life as a Dementia Caregiver"

This is a brave and bracing book, just out, that dives into the experience of the caregiver when husband and wife have decided on Minimal Feeding in advance and prioritize staying at home, despite the ruthless progression of dementia. Dr. Thorn's website and talk are generous with free material.

Perverse Economics of Medically Assisted Dying A response to The NY Times

Catherine Goodwin on Medium responded: Perry's argument does not add up. If the problem is younger people with health conditions wanting to commit suicide because of medical debt, the problem is not MAID, it's the inadequacy of the health care system.

Opinion | The Perverse Economics of Assisted Suicide

This British Writer starts off by calling MAID assisted suicide, which created quite a stir, though it's interesting to see the arguments created in the face of decreasing population rates, even if they are fallacious.

I Don’t Think My Fantasy-Writing Friend Will Get My Literary Fiction: Am I the Asshole? Howdy y’all! Welcome back to another provocative installment of everyone’s favorite comedy/cry-for-help advice column, Am I the Literary Asshole? I’m your host, Kristen Arnett, and I’m happy to ann…

I'm going literary this week! Kristen Arnett at LitHub is like the Dear Abby of Writers Groups or literary friendships, every snarky question you'd never get to air elsewhere. Such fun!
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States Where Medical Aid in Dying is Authorized - Compassion & Choices

This website lists all the states where MAID is currently legal. Useful to those seeking it.

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Do Patients Without a Terminal Illness Have the Right to Die?

This article takes you into the controversy of MAID laws in Canada, particularly the establishment of a second track that allows for mental illness to be approved as a condition.

The depth of each individual's gaze makes me think of my own mother and the videotape I made of her before her death, so that she could prove she'd made her choice uncoerced. I find it now and then on my computer and come to a complete stop. I think these photos convey that feeling, too.

‘Not a single person shied away’: how a year chronicling end-of-life stories changed one photographer Julian Kingma travelled Australia photographing the lives and deaths of people who accessed assisted dying, and those who care for them. He thinks about death differently now

This Australian photographer was "fascinated by people who wanted to end their lives, long before Victoria became the first Australian state to introduce voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in 2017.

Opinion | There Are Ways to Die With Dignity, but Not Like This

I believe that persons with mental illness, including depression, should have the right to MAID, but this goes to the heart of the controversy. "Instead of investing in the infrastructure of support for the lonely, the depressed, the disabled and the poor, we offer them a prescription for death."

The Poetry Challenge Day 1: Learn a poem with us this week. Keep it for a lifetime. Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, Ethan Hawke and Ada Limón.

This week, the NYTimes gave us a creative way to memorize a poem, bringing forth both music and mood with "Recuerdo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Lots of writers did their part. And good for the brain! I hope they do more poems like this!

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Indie lit is my life. Gotta love Wendy J. Fox who keeps us up to date on the good stuff.

Huge congratulations! I can't wait to read it.

I think this journal is unusual for publishing writing about "the landscapes of faith and imagination." They just rejected me, but I love them anyway!

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My parents holding hands after their assisted deaths: Martin Roemers’ most personal photograph ‘Their lives were getting harder, even with help. They did not want to go to a nursing home and neither wanted to live without the other. So they left this life together’

This photo of two beloveds who chose to go together really touched me. Their son took the portrait. The Netherlands enabled them to die together. How enlightened.

A pleasure to hear how you found a second calling. From legacy work to MAID, diverse!

This is wild. Ish was my undergraduate writing mentor at UC Berkeley! Wonderful to hear about the book!

YouTube video by In the Reeds (Podcast) #15 Kathryn Trueblood, winner Reed Mag Nonfiction 2025

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Sharing a new interview! My essay, "Blank Spaces, Black Frames," won the 2025 Rico Prize for Nonfiction from Reed Magazine, and they interviewed me about my mother’s decision to voluntarily stop eating and drinking rather than enter assisted living during Covid 19.