"This ... collection from the ... editor Robert Gottlieb features twenty or so pieces he's written mostly for The New York Review of Books, ranging from reconsi

What happens to consciousness during the act of dying? The most compelling answers come from people who almost die and later recall events that occurred while l

Hello. My name is Robert, and I haven’t been dead for sixty-three days now. If he hadn’t bought those crummy towels, Rob would be six feet under. But his po

Winner of the Anne M. Sperber Prize A spirited and revealing memoir by the most celebrated editor of his time. After editing The Columbia Review, staging plays

It's obvious from the bookshelves and the big screen that heaven is on everyone's mind. All of us long to know what life after death will be like. Bestselling a