Our resistance to embalming often reveals deeper cultural discomfort with death itself, and with the realities of caring for the dead.

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TalkDeath’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2025 – WINNERS ANNOUNCED Long time readers of TalkDeath will recognize that we typically put together a ‘Best Popular ...

It’s December. You step out for a walk and immediately sense something different from the busy world you left behind. The quiet. The ...

In rural Romania, women lead the way through death just as they do through birth and life. As midwives usher new life into ...

Halloween occupies a strange place in the realm of holidays. While some people spend weeks planning and creating their elaborate costumes, others barely ...

Islamic rites of death in Iran are almost as old as Islam itself. Since accepting the Shia religion–as opposed to the majority Sunni ...

The TalkDeath Cemetery Scavenger Hunt encourages people to appreciate and learn about local cemeteries and their histories. It invites community members to visit ...

Across the globe, people are pulling up to cemeteries, funeral homes, breweries, and libraries, to read books of their own choosing in companionable ...

In the United States, Black communities have not always been granted the right to honor or memorialize their dead. In Clint Smith’s account ...