Colson Whitehead on Relief of Psychic Distress

“…When her mother passed, Elizabeth got a copy of that book On Death and Dying, which identified the Five Stages of Grief. When Pepper was laid low, the Four Stages of Putting Your Foot Up Somebody’s Ass provided similar comfort.”

Whitehead, Colson. Crook Manifesto. New York: Doubleday, 2003.