August 27, 2022   •   By Jeannine Burgdorf

All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life’s Work

Corpse Capitalism: On John Troyer’s “Technologies of the Human Corpse”

A curiously optimistic new study of the commercial exploitation of dead bodies....

The Death Penalty — Dying a Slow Death?

Martha Anne Toll talks with Marc Bookman about his new book, “A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays.”...

Death and Hope: On Federico Falco’s “A Perfect Cemetery”

The first translated collection of stories from a celebrated Argentinian author....

A Look at Anthropodermic Bibliopegy: On Megan Rosenbloom’s “Dark Archives”

Megan Rosenbloom combines perspectives from history, science, and the rare book world to tell her strange and compelling story....

Pandemic Death Narratives of Mexico and the United States

The sickened groans of Mexico and the United States are sublimations of remembering, forgetting, and constantly inventing national narratives....

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