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In Production now: How To Bury An Anarchist Vol. II, In Detail
The proof is complete (it’s stunning) and printing production now begins. How to Bury an Anarchist Vol. II has expanded far beyond the original private printing. This volume moves deeply into funerary autonomy, clandestine burial, chosen death, body custody disputes, queer and trans end-of-life vulnerability, burial without inscription, bodily sovereignty, et the unstable terrain between legality and legitimacy once institutional authority loses its monopoly over the dead.
The volume also moves through the practical realities of death outside conventional funeral systems: carrying and tending the dead, chosen witnesses, hospital conflicts, funeral authorizations, clandestine care, end-of-life planning, and the difficult situations that emerge when personal wishes collide with institutional procedure or inherited family power. Alongside philosophical writings on disappearance, secrecy, opacity, ritual refusal, and anti-memorial thought, the book gathers letters, fragments, entrusted endings, historical materials, et practical documents assembled through years of direct funerary experience…