Everything Comes Alive with Cherry Pie: Stories of Life at the End of Life, was presented by Marcia Brennan, PhD, the Carolyn & Fred McManis Professor of Humanities and Professor of Religion and Art Histor at Rice University on February 13, 2024.  Professor Brennan shared her work as a literary Artist In Residence working with advanced cancer patients at the MD Anderson Cancer Center and at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The talk included case studies that vividly engage themes relating to the mouth and to issues concerning taste, voice, speech, power, and the uniqueness of human identity.