Life on the Death Beat: A Handbook for Obituary Writers

Life on the Death Beat: A Handbook for Obituary Writers
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Life on the Death Beat: A Handbook for Obituary Writers
Alana Baranick , Jim Sheeler , and Stephen Miller
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Life on the Death Beat is a guide to obituary writing. It helps journalists effectively research and write obituaries that inform readers.

52 McGs: The Best Obituaries from Legendary New York Times Writer Robert McG. Thomas, Jr

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eclectic and witty
You can't go wrong with this one!
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52 McGs: The Best Obituaries from Legendary New York Times Writer Robert McG. Thomas, Jr
Chris Calhoun
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The New York Times received countless letters over the years from readers moved to tears or laughter by a McG. Eschewing traditionally famous subjects, Thomas favored unsung heroes, eccentrics, and underachievers, including: Edward Lowe, the inventor of Kitty Litter ("Cat Owner's Best Friend"); Angelo Zuccotti, the bouncer at El Morocco ("Artist of the Velvet Rope"); and Kay Halle, a glamorous Cleveland department store heiress who received sixty-four marriage proposals ("An Intimate of Century's Giants"). In one of his classic obituaries, Thomas described Anton Rosenberg as a "storied sometime artist and occasional musician who embodied the Greenwich Village hipster ideal of 1950's cool to such a laid-back degree and with such determined detachment that he never amounted to much of anything." Thomas captured life's ironies and defining moments with elegance and a gift for making a sentence sing. He had an uncanny sense of the passion and personality that make each life unique, and the ability, as Joseph Epstein wrote, to "look beyond the facts and the rigid formula of the obit to touch on a deeper truth."

Compiled by Chris Calhoun, one of Thomas's most dedicated readers, and with a fittingly sharp introduction from acclaimed novelist and critic Thomas Mallon, 52 McGs. will win legions of new fans to the masterful writer who transformed the obituary into an art form.

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Among his devoted fans, his pieces were known simply as McGs. With a "genius for illuminating that sometimes ephemeral apogee in people's lives when they prove capable of generating a brightly burning spark" (Columbia Journalism Review), Robert McG. Thomas Jr. commemorated fascinating, unconventional lives with signature style and wit. The New York Times received countless letters over the years from readers moved to tears or laughter by a McG. Eschewing traditionally famous subjects, Thomas favored unsung heroes, eccentrics, and underachievers, including: Edward Lowe, the inventor of Kitty Litter ("Cat Owner's Best Friend"); Angelo Zuccotti, the bouncer at El Morocco ("Artist of the Velvet Rope"); and Kay Halle, a glamorous Cleveland department store heiress who received sixty-four marriage proposals ("An Intimate of Century's Giants"). In one of his classic obituaries, Thomas described Anton Rosenberg as a "storied sometime artist and occasional musician who embodied the Greenwich Village hipster ideal of 1950's cool to such a laid-back degree and with such determined detachment that he never amounted to much of anything." Thomas captured life's ironies and defining moments with elegance and a gift for making a sentence sing. He had an uncanny sense of the passion and personality that make each life unique, and the ability, as Joseph Epstein wrote, to "look beyond the facts and the rigid formula of the obit to touch on a deeper truth." Compiled by Chris Calhoun, one of Thomas's most dedicated readers, and with a fittingly sharp introduction from acclaimed novelist and critic Thomas Mallon, 52 McGs. will win legions of new fans to the masterful writer who transformed the obituary into an art form.

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eclectic and witty.......2002-07-22

This was given to me as a present. I had never heard of the book before, and indeed, when I told people about it, I always got strange looks. But the 52 capsules of people's lives--not all of them well-known but they're people you should know about--are fascinating. Some personal favorites are the guy who invented the U.S. zip code and the founder of an AIDS group in a small town.

You can't go wrong with this one!.......2002-06-05

When this book was first recommended to me by a friend, I must admit I was a little put off. A book of obituaries? Now there's a fun read! Although I know there are "die-hard" obit enthusiasts out there, I certainly don't count myself among them. All of this is leading to the further admission that I ordered the book with some trepidation. I needn't have worried. This book is an absolute joy. To say that it is well-written would be an understatement of Homeric proportions as Mr. Thomas had a subtle way with words that hints at Twain (I know! I know! They're "just" obituaries, but this gentleman could turn a phrase with the best of them!). Far from being ghoulish or depressing, these 52 McGs are fascinating celebrations of everyday extraordinary lives. Most importantly, each humorous account is filled with such warmth and respect that you don't get the feeling you're snickering at some poor dead guy "behind his back". 52 McGs falls into the category of "little discoveries that you can't wait to share with other people." Heartily recommended as an addition to your library or as a gift to anyone that enjoys highly skilled writing.

A fitting tribute.......2002-03-31

An enjoyable collection of obituaries written my Robert McG. Thomas Jr. These short (2-3 page) obituaries will make you smile and wonder what would be written about yourself. Some of the people you will recognize, most you will not, but you'll gain an understanding and appreciation for their time on this planet.

Recommended

The Last Word.......2002-03-02

Regular readers of The New York Times will have noticed that while the paper's style has a certain consistently, some of its writers stand out anyway. Robert McG. Thomas was one of those writers. He made his mark not with flash, but with grace, and he did it in the most unlikely place of all: the obituary pages. Thomas (who died in early 2000) had an eye for detail, and an amazing touch in telling not just a life story, but the story behind it. Many obit junkies picked up on and actively sought Thomas's obits between 1995 and 1999; one was Chris Calhoun, who has pulled together this excellent collection of 52 of McG's finest offerings. They aren't stories of the most famous figures who passed on during his tenure. Quite the opposite, these are often people you hadn't heard of, but who, thanks to Thomas's style, won't want to forget. He could be serious, and he could be funny. He's as good writing about the South Vietnamese officer who famously executed a Viet Cong prisoner on camera as he is with "The Goat Man." He's as insightful on the woman who helped create soap operas as he is on the Greenwich Village icon who created nothing but a hipster reputation. Every miniature profile here entertains and informs, as the cliché goes. This is a great little collection; one could only wish for more.

Quirky, fascinationg compilation of obituaries.......2002-01-21

Read 52 MCGS: THE BEST OBITUARIES FROM LEGENDARY
NEW YORK TIMES WRITER ROBERT MCG. THOMAS, JR. . . . this
is a quirky, fascinating compilation of obituaries about unsung
heroes, eccentrics and underachievers . . . among the inclusions were Edward Lowe, the inventor of Kitty Litter ("Cat Owner's Best Friend"); Angelo Zuccotti, the bouncer at El Morocco ("Artist of the Velvet Rope"); and Kay Halle, a glamorous Cleveland department store heiress who received 64 marriage proposals ("An Intimate of Century's Giants").

Thomas never got to put these pieces into book form. He died, but a fan of his work decided that his work should live on . . . and I'm glad this was the case . . . Thomas had the gift of being able to find something worth writing about--regardless of the subject . . . my only regret is that all obituaries in loca papers aren't as interesting . .. but as long as I don't come across mine, I won't complain!

There were several memorable passages; among them:
[in an obituary about Francine Katzenbogen] Her neighbors were
not amused that she planned to house 20 cats in a converted
two-story garage she had refurbished at a cost of $100,000. The
luxurious cat complex included tile floors, climbing towers,
scratching posts, skylights and cozy, low-lying window ledges
where the cats could stretch out and watch the world outside
their air-conditioned lair.

Not content to recognize a Brooklyn accent, Mr. Berger drew
on his broader knowledge of American speech and history to
develop a theory of just how the signature "Toidy-told Street"
evolved. It was, he theorized, a result of the close commercial
connections with the pre-Civil War South in which upper-class
southern speech, primarily from New Orleans and Charleston,
SC, was imported and hammered down to a lower-class
Brooklyneese.

A man given to gross exaggeration when simple embellishment
would suffice, Mr. McCartney also claimed to have visited every

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In his delicate and hilarious first novel, Porter Shreve paints a fast-moving tale about the grungy, romantic allure of newspaper work and the muddled conspiracy of nature and nurture in a young man's maturation. The Obituary Writer's narrator, Gordie Hatch, has papers in his blood: his late father was a crackerjack reporter, his mother a journalism-school secretary. His environment reeks of his avocation, too, from the bundled newspapers in his garage to his comforter, which bears old headlines like TITANIC SINKS, SACCO AND VANZETTI GUILTY, and LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPED. By age 8, Gordie is fully ready to grab the newspaperman's baton, or, more bluntly, to get a paper route. ("I grew up with a heightened sense of my own importance, which my mother encouraged," he says. Not least because she seems to have delivered far more papers than he.) In 1989, when he moves straight from J School into an entry-level position at the hallowed St. Louis Independent, Gordie experiences an eternal, embryonic sense of belonging within its perfectly stereotypical nerve center, one that might have housed his father.

Sometimes I'd swear I could sense him looking out through my eyes, a young reporter waiting for the flare in the sky that points to the great discovery. I'd stop at the rackety wire machines under the mural of Remington's Pony Express to scroll through the overnight news, then pick up a late edition from the stacks before taking the long, slow route to my desk.

But Gordie knows he can't afford to move slowly. His beat, the obituary desk, is either a stepping stone for the gifted or a place to park damaged has-beens. When he makes three crucial judgment errors in succession, he is suddenly ensnared by a Southern femme fatale--who lures him into an exquisitely drawn world of highly un-newsworthy bank clerks, dog shows, and bumbling small-town artistes. A far cry from the collapse of European communism, which his luckier colleagues get to cover. Though the final third of The Obituary Writer veers into formulaic suspense-novel territory at times, Gordie always remains engagingly self-aware and the novel's denouement is well worth a bit of tough sledding. Will our hero realign himself with his destined path? How strong is fate, exactly? We cannot say, Gentle Reader. You must uncork this fine, funny novel for yourself. --Jean Lenihan

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Gordie Hatch is twenty-two, charmingly naive, and certain that his first job as a writer for the ST LOUIS INDEPENDENT'S obituary page will be a stepping stone to a crackerjack career in journalism. The year is 1989, and Gordie watches helplessly while dramatic events -- the very events that could be his lucky break -- unfold in the world around him. But nothing can prepare him for the call he gets from Alicia Whiting, a young widow with an accent he can't quite place. When Gordie agrees to meet Alicia, against his better judgment, his journalistic curiosity quickly turns into an obsessive search for the outrageous truth behind the Whiting family. Shot through with affectionate humor and surprising twists and turns, THE OBITUARY WRITER introduces an author of enormous talent and heart. Porter Shreve brings a deft touch to the moments that mark a young person's entrance into the world, and a sharp eye to the ways in which the lead story can be wonderfully, seductively misleading.

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The Perils of Obtiuary Writing.......2007-06-30

The young narrator of this tale is an obituary writer for the St. Louis Independent, but he has big dreams. He wants to follow in his famous father's footsteps and become an internationally known reporter of serious political and historical events. He's also immature and jealous where women are concerned. This is the story of how these two threads of his personality come together to produce disastrous events and new truths about his life. Don't be misled by the apparent ordinariness of his midwestern existence at the start...by the end events have segued far over towards the bizarre. The ending is brilliant.

Pretty good start but doesn't deliver.......2004-07-04

I found this book on the shelf of a used bookstore and was immediately intrigued. I identified with the main character of "The Obituary Writer", young aspiring journalist Gordie Hatch, following in the footsteps of his father - an accomplished newspaper man whose life and career were cut short. But after the first forty pages the story line turns predictable, the dialog clunky, and the characters fail to develop. Shreve is a talented writer that keeps you turning the pages but the novel never delivers to its potential. The novel is reminiscent of Raymond Chandler and so my hopes were high. In the end I concluded that this was written more as a movie script than a serious novel. It was close, but no cigar.

The Obituary Writer - Shreve.......2002-09-17

Gordie Hatch is an obituary writer, a position he sees as the start of a great career in journalism, following in the footsteps of his father. Fortunately or unfortunately, Gordie finds he can't ignore his journalistic curiosity (or his hormones for that matter) when a mystery slowly begins to unravel around him.

Its difficult to stress how wonderful this novel is. It has both humor and heart and left me speechless. Shreve is obviously a talent to watch. His characters were rich and well developed, the suspense subtle, and the end result was powerful. Not to be missed.

Love and Death: our favorite subjects!.......2002-05-23

This is a nicely conceived and executed story, written with a perfect blend of narrative and dialogue. The first-person narrator, Gordie Hatch, is completely believable as a character, driven to journalistic success by a demanding mother cherishing memories of her dead husband -- himself a newspaper man. There are two simultaneous romantic threads, at least one mystery, and, of course (because it's about an obituary writer), plenty of death, albeit rendered in a mostly detached kind of way. The mystery is what kept me absorbed, and because it involves an attractive widow, it occasionally smacks of old-fashioned (read: tired) crime noir. Even as an over-used convention, however, Shreve makes it work in the context of his story, and I guess that ultimately is why I'd recommend it to others: it's an enjoyable story. One of the several surprise twists at the end rang a little false for me, and the widow's evolution as a character seemed at times fabricated for the sole purpose of arriving at this particular twist. Still, all in all, I'm glad I read it, and I would read more of Shreve's work.

An Almost Secret Find and Definitely An Excellent Read.......2001-04-30

I was scouring the New York Times Notable Books for 2000 looking for a secret find when I came across the notice for The Obituary Writer. It was my turn to come up with a novel for my book group, so I took a chance on this one, thinking hey it's the New York Times and won't everyone think I'm clever suggesting a book nobody'd heard of.

Well, it turned out a couple people had caught Porter Shreve on NPR and others had seen good reviews so it wasn't quite the discovery that I'd hoped for. But in the end everyone liked the book a lot and we had a great debate about it, particularly over the ending, which totally caught me by surprise.

One of our book groupies is a big mystery reader (not the brightest candle when it comes to talking about literary fiction -- sorry J). She kept saying how she saw the twists and turns in the plot coming from a mile away, and at first I felt like maybe I was the obtuse one. But when we started to talk about the deeper stuff -- character development, psychological complexity, language -- J kind of clammed up. She's a plot junkie, and that apparently was all she'd been reading for.

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Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. William R. King

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Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. William R. King
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'Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. William R. King, of Alabama, Vice-President of the United States: Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, and in the Supreme Court of the United States, Eight and Ninth December, 1853.'' Washington: Robert Armstrong: 1854.

Books make summer forever.(from the editor-in-chief)(Editorial)(Obituary) : An article from: Black Issues Book Review

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Books make summer forever.(from the editor-in-chief)(Editorial)(Obituary) : An article from: Black Issues Book Review
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Builders of Canada series: David Thompson & Pierre Berton.(Obituary) : An article from: The Loyalist Gazette

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This digital document is an article from The Loyalist Gazette, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2005. The length of the article is 1321 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Captain Len Morgan: 1923-2005.(TRIBUTE TO A LEGEND)(Obituary): An article from: Airpower

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Captain Len Morgan: 1923-2005.(TRIBUTE TO A LEGEND)(Obituary): An article from: Airpower
Mike Machat
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Colin St John Wilson (1922-2007).(Obituary): An article from: The Architectural Review

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Colin St John Wilson (1922-2007).(Obituary): An article from: The Architectural Review
Peter Carolin
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This digital document is an article from The Architectural Review, published by Thomson Gale on August 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1115 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Author: Peter Carolin
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Tiffany Twisted (Cheek)
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Fabulous Gender Bender Fun!

Easy read simple story

A little different than her normal stories....

A humorous, touching, and adult spin on a theme

Loved it!
Tiffany Twisted (Cheek)
Alison Tyler
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When exclusive party planner Tiffany Mitchell wakes up in her boyfriends body, she thinks shes having a bad dream. But no amount of espresso can wake her from the growing nightmare of being trapped in Kurts six-foot tall figure, and locked into his disorganised life. Due to this off-handed wish made over a magic candle, not only is Tiffany imprisoned inside her boyfriends body, but Kurt is also struggling inside her own. Only time, a bit of New Orleans voodoo, and a growing mutual understanding and appreciation for one anothers strengths and weaknesses, can break the spell that traps the two.

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Fabulous Gender Bender Fun!.......2007-01-11

I bought this book because I love gender bender books and movies and I was expecting to be only mildly entertained. But the author really surprised me! Her writing style is wonderfully readable and her characters are believable. Even though she puts them in the situation of changing bodies, their reactions are never unrealistic. Kurt and Tiffany handle being in the body of the opposite sex perfectly and the way they learn about each other by literally getting into each other's skins is touching as well as amusing. Not only that but the sex scenes are hot, hot, HOT--something I didn't expect considering that when the characters make love, they are in the wrong bodies. But Kurt and Tiffany take the opportunity to try new and naughty things while they try out each other's bodies. Another plus for this excellent book.
This is a great book and I highly reccomend it. I read it all in one day because I coudln't put it down.

Easy read simple story.......2007-01-06

I read the book, in my view it wasnt the best book that I ever read but it was an easy one to read for sure. The erotic sections got a bit confusing at times since they had the other's body but was still using their own names and perspective.
This book definitely made me want to read more books by the same author because I can see talent within his words.
I must say that this was the first book in its genere that i read and I enjoyed it and worth the time i spent reading it.

A little different than her normal stories...........2006-11-07

but quite good, as always. Ms. Tyler has a way of truly taking you into a character's psyche and she does not disappoint here. A great read!!

A humorous, touching, and adult spin on a theme.......2006-11-04

This novel is billed as "an erotic romance" and is a good blend between the two genres. The characters in "Tiffany Twisted" have a lot more heart and depth to them than the two-dimensional carnally-driven beings that normally populate erotic literature. That is not to say that the story is bereft of blushingly explicit description of the things that adults do with - and to - each other; it touches on a lot of the myths, misconceptions, mystery, and misinformation about why women and men are so different. The underlying message of the book is the optimistic hope that gals and guys will take a moment to understand each other and celebrate those facets that make them individuals rather than bemoan the characteristics of their partner that irk the heck out of them.

If you enjoy adult-themed books, liked those Disney body-swap movies, and wondered what would happen if the movie characters were not both the same gender, this book is for you.

Compared to other Alison Tyler books, "Tiffany Twisted" has tame fetish content, which may or may not be a plus. "Tiffany Twisted" is not a lengthy book, but it is an enjoyable and very adult story.

Loved it!.......2006-10-13

Ms Tyler made you feel as if you were really Tiffany inside of Kurt and vice versa, it amazed me how she got into the male mind...how she did that, I'll never know... . It's has a good story with a little bit of spice on the side. I think it's a hit. Check it out!

Tiffany Twisted: Exposed, Unraveled, Rewritten

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Tiffany Twisted: Exposed, Unraveled, Rewritten
Tiffany Twist
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What can happen when someone trusts too much?

TIFFANY TWISTED is a compelling psychological journey from lost innocence to the ensuing battles with the enemies of the mind. A journey which, in its end, propels us forward—out of darkness and into light.

Pg. 1 …I thought about bringing a gun over there. Not just some little pistol, I had a statement to make. And a statement like this required one of those big shotguns. One that would bring hell itself into the eyes of it's beholder.

Pg. 17…Who would know that sexual abuse would be like a contagious, infectious disease, leaking itself into every cell of my body, spreading itself through every day, week, and year of my life, affecting my thoughts, my decisions, and actions…

Pg. 67…I don't know if my dad cried, but his pain must have run deep. We were Daddy's girls, and he must've known she was going to take us away…away from the truest love that ever existed in my life, away, through the gates of hell…

pg. 89…This woman walked up with a small feast for the pain that resided in my soul. She fed him, and she paved a portion of the path within me to help Death find his way…

pg. 93…But she didn't want to stand out anymore. She wanted to keep temptation far from her. So she gained weight…tried to look like "fools gold" and be passed over by men. Keep them from wanting her…

Pg. 137 …It is very uncomfortable to be set free from pain when it's been with you for so long. I found a sort of comfort living in the pain because I knew it so well…

Pg. 148 …We control the perception of our story and it's answers in our own mind. We choose to give a situation strength or a certain person power…

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Reader review from www.tiffanytwisted.com.......2004-12-11

In this book we journey with Tiffany Twist as she discovers who she is beyond the childhood wounds of sexual abuse. She encourages us, right along with her to take hold of the strength it takes to battle intimidation, self hatred, depression, and suicide. Each chapter is just a page or two, but each sentence holds so much to ponder, you wouldn't want any more. You can move through this book with grace as your emotions rise and fall, and finally, when you strategize with her for a winning plan for either your own healing, or maybe just a small, but important change you needed, you'll close the back cover, take a deep breath, and be very, very glad you picked up this book in the first place! MM

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