

The Dead Beat
Author: Marilyn Johnson
Narrator: Marilyn Johnson
Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 10/05/2010
Categories: Nonfiction, Social Science, Customs & Traditions, History, Science
Author: Marilyn Johnson
Narrator: Marilyn Johnson
Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 10/05/2010
Categories: Nonfiction, Social Science, Customs & Traditions, History, Science
Marilyn Johnson is a former editor and writer for Life, Esquire, and Outside magazines, and lives with her husband, Rob Fleder, in New York's Hudson Valley.
This book came to me by way of providence. I decided one day that I would like to read a book about obituaries. Shortly after, (voila) I came upon this book at the Boston Fine Arts Museum bookstore. More specifically, Johnson writes about the blossoming cult following obituaries have been attracting......more
I picked this book up because I liked the cover. Look at it. It’s so catchy, it almost looks like a McSweeny’s book. But it’s not. It’s almost that clever- but not quite. I wasn’t quite sure how Marilyn Johnson was going to sustain a book about obituaries for 223 pages, and the answer is she doesn’t......more
I am obituary junkie, at least I was until I started getting the NY Times which spends more time on engagements in Sunday Styles than it does the obits of ordinary people. And that's where I split from the author of this book - she prefers the obits of the famous and noted that the English papers an......more
The world of obituary writing is slightly larger than I suppose I would have imagined it, had I imagined it at all. Johnson brings to light the differences in newspapers, the styles of various writers (and their conferences!), and even talks about some of the obituary "fans." I thought the sections......more
As someone who enjoys meandering through old cemeteries, gazing at tombstones and wondering about the people who lie below, I was excited at the prospect of an entire book about obituaries. Author Marilyn Johnson focuses not so much on interesting obituaries themselves but on the craft of the creati......more