Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit

"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 dy...