Are They Dead Yet?

About Are They Dead Yet?

"Goes down like a dirgeful beach read." - Harper's Magazine "I almost died laughing." -ROZ CHAST "My own departure would not be so bad if only Mr. Roberts could write the obit!" -KAI BIRD From celebrated New York Times obituarist Sam Roberts, the art of the obit: Who we remember, how we forget, and where we find the true meaning in a life. After nearly a decade behind the obituaries desk at the paper of record, Roberts knows obits aren't really about deaths. In fact, they usually only mention dying once. Over the course of the nearly 1,500 obituaries he has written throughout his career, he has instead come to understand that they're about distilling an entire life lived-for someone whose name he may have learned that morning. In Are They Dead Yet ?, Roberts explores the major questions that arise from the task of producing a succinct yet record-defining account of a life. Who deserves…

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