Leslie Marmon Silko wrote in a letter:
Today is All Souls’ Day and for both Mexican and Pueblo people it is the day when the dead are especially remembered, but not like Memorial Day exactly. Tonight at Laguna, there will be candles lighting the graves and there will be all kinds of food - favorite dishes like chili stew and roasted pinon nuts - for the souls of the dead ones. People try to remember favorite foods of the dead person. At Laguna, when someone dies, you don’t “get over it” by forgetting; you “get over it” by remembering, and by remembering you are aware that no person is ever truly lost or gone once they have been in our lives and loved us, as we have loved them. (Extract of a letter from Leslie Marmon Silko to James Wright, November 1, 1978.)
For a brief biography of Leslie Marmon Silko, click here. For the same of James Wright, click here.
Related to this post is Lucien Price’s advice for getting over the death of a loved one. To read it, click here.
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