http://sararyan.com/2012/07/interview-with-jen-violi-author-of-putting-makeup-on-dead-people/ Novelist, comics writer, and librarian based in Portland, Oregon. Thu, 09 May 2013 20:55:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://sararyan.com/2012/07/interview-with-jen-violi-author-of-putting-makeup-on-dead-people/#comment-36509 Sara Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:17:53 +0000 http://sararyan.com/?p=2758#comment-36509 I can absolutely see that. And talk about a profession where you see people when they’re at their most vulnerable — the live ones, I mean; the dead ones are, of course, past all that.

]]> http://sararyan.com/2012/07/interview-with-jen-violi-author-of-putting-makeup-on-dead-people/#comment-36432 Kris Reisz Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:14:17 +0000 http://sararyan.com/?p=2758#comment-36432 Back in my paramedic days, we transported bodies to the mortuary pretty regularly. Morticians and funeral directors are really nice people. I really believe most of them get into that line of work because they honestly see it as helping people. And if you show that you’re not horrified by their job, they can be incredibly chatty.

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