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Becky Robison is a writer and certified death doula living in Louisville, Kentucky. A graduate of UNLV's creative writing MFA program, she has been published in Salon, Slate, Business Insider, and elsewhere. After her parents died, she created My Parents Are Dead: What Now?—a website documenting her journey through the legal, financial, and bureaucratic aftermath in order to help others do the same. She continues to educate others about death and dying through her writing and public speaking. ...more

My dead parents are hosting some launch events

That’s not true. Some wonderful bookstores are hosting launch events for my dead parents book. But you know what I mean.

January 6 > Ask Me Anything About Death!
6:30pm ET | Instagram Live

I did a ton of research for My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death. On publication day, I’d like you to quiz me. Send death-related questions in advance to hello@deadpare

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My Parents Are Dead by Becky Robison
"I loved this book. I felt really unprepared in terms of going through the legal logistics of a parent's death, and I also can't afford a lawyer for unlimited consultation--so this book was a great primer in that regard. It is written conversationally" Read more of this review »
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The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila
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What if Edgar Allan Poe were a Mexican woman writing in the mid-twentieth century? You might get Amparo Dávila and her stories! These aren’t straightforwardly horror stories; they’re more like slice of life stories where weirdness seeps in around the ...more
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Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk
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I love it when vampire novels are more than just vampire novels, and Marina Yuszczuk came through for me with Thirst. Part of the book takes place in the early days of Buenos Aires, where a vampire has recently fled to escape the perils of her Europe ...more
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Nefando by Mónica Ojeda
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A few years back I read Ojeda’s novel Jawbone and loved it, so I was excited to pick up Nefando. Told in interviews with various characters, this novel recounts the story of a disturbing cult video game and the three odd siblings who inspired and enc ...more
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Hurricane Season
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Now THIS is a novel. What a book! The story begins when a group of young children in a small Mexican village find the local witch dead—that’s the eye of the story’s hurricane. From there we roil from character to character, swirling and storming arou ...more
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Kill Your Darling by Clay McLeod Chapman
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This was the first title I’ve ever read by Clay McLeod Chapman, and despite his status as a master or horror, it’s one of the saddest books I’ve read all year. Years after their teenage son’s murder, Glenn Partridge and his wife have never recovered. ...more
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A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez
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I’ve loved everything I’ve read by Mariana Enriquez, and somehow she topped herself with this collection of short stories. So strange. So frightening. Honestly hard to pick a favorite story, but I really liked the one loosely based on the real-life i ...more
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