Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Sam Roberts is the longtime obituary reporter for The New York Times, a job that requires writing mini-biographies with speed and accuracy. Roberts discusses his new book about that art, Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit (bookshop.org/p/books/are-they-dead-yet-the-art-of-the-obit-sam-roberts/fd134cdf9040572f?ean=9781639733651) . 



Cover art courtesy of the publisher