The Hauntological Table (or, A Foretaste of Mourning)
The Typescript
March 2022
“There is so much absence in this grieving. There is so much presence in this food…. Traditionally, post-death food is made for communal consumption; it is comfort and care and community—the breaking of bread together intended to mend (okay, maybe merely to soothe) broken hearts. Post-death food is proof of life, vitality, and survival in the face of death. It is remembrance and celebration and witnessing.”
Holding On to What I Lost
Toronto Star
March 2021
“Toronto photographer Kerry Manders writes that she returned to the location of ‘my favourite photo of Mom to create a new, solo image bridging the gulf between my private loss and our global, collective grief….’ “