Death Reference Desk

@DeathRef

A friendly deathwire reference desk from fiendly librarians and a Professor of Death Studies. deathreferencedesk.org

Six feet below the tubes. johntroyer.com Joined July 2009

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Death Reference Desk @DeathRef Apr 28, 2020

@DeathRef's new book "Technologies of the Human Corpse" is officially out *today* April 28, 2020. You can buy it from all the places.

Huge thanks to @mitpress and editor Matt Browne (@HappyFlaneur) for seeing the future of death
mitpress.mit.edu/contributors/j…
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Death Reference Desk @DeathRef Nov 3

WOW! This is definitely 2012's best new article on Funerals in America. DEATH! EXCITING AND NEW!
nytimes.com/2026/11/02/din…

www.nytimes.com Can Restaurants and Bars Become the New Funeral Homes? As more Americans sidestep tradition (and burial), their families are choosing more casual environments to celebrate their lives.

Death Reference Desk @DeathRef Sep 24

Death Ref John has an upcoming talk. Check it out if you can. In-person and online.

Totally FREE!

Book here ---
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Death Reference Desk @DeathRef Feb 15

So I was recently promoted and I am now Professor of Death Studies in the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath.

This is a photo of me with my parents in 2006(!) when I won a Ph.D. dissertation award.

I wish I coud tell them all this but I think they know.

Death Reference Desk @DeathRef Feb 3

My @mitpress book 'Technologies of the Human Corpse' was recently published in China.

Here are details --
Chinese title: 身体的价值
List Price: RMB 49.00
Paperback ISBN: 9787108080639
book.douban.com/subject/378182…