We knew two things upfront, when we decided to compile an anthology exploring contemporary practices and rituals around funerals and memorials. First, it was clear that many people were upending tradition when it came to memorializing a loved one-or planning for their own demise. Similarly, we had seen that, characteristically, our own generation-the ubiquitous Baby Boom-was putting its own distinctive mark on life's final passage, much as it had...