In a Heartbeat, by Carol Muske-Dukes
Run Date: 11/01
Life Story, The Oprah Magazine

"CAROL MUSKE-DUKES was married to actor David Coleman Dukes until his sudden death - a situation eerily foreshadowed in her novel Life After Death. A year later, she ponders the unlit intersection where art and life converge." More >

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A Poet in Hollywood
Run Date: 02/10/09
The Huffington Post

"A couple of months ago, I received a call from the Governor's office, informing me that I had been appointed California Poet Laureate. Soon after, I was invited to write a brief essay for the Los Angeles Times about my appointment." More >

Ostracized Vrindavan, India, Widows
Arwa Damon, CNN.com

"VRINDAVAN, India (CNN) -- Ostracized by society, thousands of India's widows flock to the holy city of Vrindavan waiting to die. They are found on side streets, hunched over with walking canes, their heads shaved and their pain etched by hundreds of deep wrinkles in their faces." More >

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India Widows
Run Date: 06/03/07
Trevor Bormann, Foreign Correspondent

"TREVOR BORMANN: On a tributary of the Ganges River, pilgrims gather to venerate a God. In Hindu teachings, Krishna offers solace to downtrodden women. This town has more than its share. Thousands of women young and old have come to the childhood home of Krishna for one purpose – to live out their days in worship in the hope that death will come soon.

DR MOHINI GIRI: She’s relegated… she becomes a zero - and all her powers are lost." More >

Growing a Legacy
Run Date: 01/17/09
Charmian Smith, Otago Daily Times

"The history of wine contains many stories of notable widows who take their late husbands' wine companies to greater heights, and one of the most remarkable ones at present is that of Jane Hunter, of Hunter's Wine in Marlborough." More >

Embracing Widowhood
Run Date: 10/29/08
Kristin Gillette, Lifetime.com

"In 2005, still suffering from a self-diagnosed case of 'woe-is-me syndrome,' Ginella launched an online literary project called WidowSpeak. The website is a forum for widows to share their stories through essays and blogs. 'It's been compelling to hear their stories, to hear the strength and universalism of them,' she says. 'They deal with love, moving on and raising children.'" More >

Encounter with those who live half-lives
Run Date: 09/09/08
Bonnie Konyak, The Morung Express

"I had never come across the word, 'Half-widow' until I found myself in Kashmir valley but in just a couple of days of my stay, I had become painfully free with the word. The word, Half-widow was used to refer to the women of this terror torn valley, whose husbands had one day left home and never made it back home." More >

Helping War Widows on Road Ahead
Run Date: 08/24/08
Tim Arango, The New York Times (may require NYT access account)

"When your husband dies at war, the things he carried show up in six black boxes.

Each pair of socks, each T-shirt, each love letter is inventoried on 20 sheets of paper. Everything has been washed, so when you breathe in the scent of a shirt, it doesn’t smell like him.

When a soldier dies, grief is followed by immersion in the somber routines and protocols of a military death." More >

The Billionaire With a Heart
Run Date: 03/03/08
India Post News Service

Raj Loomba, founder of the Pushpawati Loomba Trust, is profiled through the many valuable events and charities his organization continues to tirelessly promote for widows and their children. More >

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For Widows, There's Life Beyond Sept. 11
Run Date: 03/01/08
by Wesley Morris

Susan Retik and Patti Quigley of the organization Beyond the 11th are the subject of a new documentary titled Beyond Belief directed by Beth Murphy. More >

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Widow Trying to Stay in U.S. After Husband Was Killed in Iraq
Run Date: 03/01/08
by Scott Richardson

Diana Engstrom, native to Kosovo, fights the controversial "widow penalty" clause to remain a U.S. citizen after her American born husband is killed in Iraq. More >