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Bess Lovejoy

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Bess Lovejoy is a writer, researcher, and editor based in Seattle and Brooklyn. She writes about dead people, forgotten history, and sometimes art, literature, and science. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Believer, The Boston Globe, The Stranger, and other publications. She worked on the Schott’s Almanac series for five years.

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2020 Year in Review (or, I Survived)

Hello! I’ve been meaning to blog about some recent writings, but you know how it is: There’s a pandemic raging, you’re working in a corner of the living room trying to tune out the sirens and police helicopters, your nation’s democracy seems to be hanging on by a thread, and … what’s that smell? Did I leave the stove on? Nope, it’s just the forests burning because of a gender reveal party.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 3,003 ratings · 352 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses 3.85 avg rating — 2,135 ratings — published 2013 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Dark Veil: Post Mortem & Mourning Photography from The Thanatos Archive by Sue Henger (Editor), Jack Mord (Contributor), Jacqueline Ann Bunge Barger (Contributor) 4.63 avg rating — 790 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northwest Know-How: Haunts by Bess Lovejoy (Goodreads Author), Anarachel Humphrey (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 57 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghastling: Book Twelve by Rebecca Parfitt (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nathaniel Winter-Hebert (Design), Lucy Ashe (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastrana's Long Journey Home 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In the end, all our bodies will turn to dust. But our spirit, our work, and the memories we leave behind can outlast us. That’s true whether you’re famous or not. Perhaps it’s part of the beauty of being human: living with the inevitability of our demise, but striving to create something that survives.”
― Bess Lovejoy, Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses

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“Santa Claus” is derived from “Sinterklaas,” which was how Dutch immigrants to New Amsterdam pronounced his name.”
― Bess Lovejoy, Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses

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“I die worshipping God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.”
― Bess Lovejoy, Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses

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