The resulting essays, despite having been collected in previous volumes, are re-collected in “The Uncollected,” as is the entirety of “Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish,” a novel in verse that Rakoff rushed to finish before his death and that was published a year later to genuine, if sometimes slightly perplexed, acclaim. Also included are occasional pieces for outlets like The New York Times Op-Ed page and Salon; a short story originally published in a 1994 anthology of fiction by gay men; a food diary for the website Grub Street; transcripts from appearances on “This American Life” (to which Rakoff was an early, frequent and especially beloved contributor); and transcripts from two interviews, one in 2001 and one in 2010, with “Fresh Air’s” Terry Gross.