Allison
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BBC Radio Interview
This October, I joined the Thinking Allowed radio program from the BBC to talk about the history of the grave. Give it a listen as part of a fascinating lineup that also includes a conversation about memorial benches!
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Brooklyn Arcadia book out now!
I contributed four essays to the beautiful new Brooklyn Arcadia: Art, History, and Nature at Majestic Green-Wood book published by Rizzoli. It features Andrew Garn’s photographs of Green-Wood Cemetery across the seasons. Pick up a copy now! I also joined Andrew for a radio interview timed with the book on WNYC’s All Of It program.
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New JSTOR Reading List
I created a reading list for JSTOR Daily on the care of the dead and how it has changed over time. All of the JSTOR Daily lists allow free access to the linked research so check it out!
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Museums in Video Games
For the Art Newspaper, I wrote a story exploring the role of museums in video games and what museums can learn from video games. Read it here!
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Cemetery Symbolism Class
On October 18 at the Brooklyn Brainery, I’m bringing back my cemetery symbolism class for the autumn season! Come learn about the meaning behind tombstone symbols in New York City and beyond. Sign up here.
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October Cemetery Tours
This October I’ll be leading two tours at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn with Morbid Anatomy. One will be on October 7 and themed on the language of flowers as seen through cemetery symbolism and the other will be on October 21, exploring memento mori symbolism.
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Book Event at Congressional Cemetery
On September 17 from 11 AM – 1 PM, I’ll be at the beautiful historic Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC, for a free Grave book event and tour of the grounds. RSVP here!
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ABC Radio Interview
I was on the ABC Radio Australia Late Night Live program to talk about American graves. Listen here!
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Book Talk + Conversation at Housing Works
On September 13 at Housing Works Bookstore in Manhattan, I’m joining the Municipal Art Society + Housing Works author series for a conversation about graves and NYC with fellow arts writer and cemetery tour guide Tiernan Morgan. You can even browse books while you listen! RSVP free here.
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Interview with Brian Wall for ArtDesk
For the summer issue of ArtDesk I enjoyed interviewing the artist Brian Wall who at 91 is still innovating with his monumental, abstract sculptures. You can read the piece online and in print! “As an artist, you always feel that you should push the limits of what you’re doing,” Wall says. “You still want to…
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NYC Microseasons on Fields Podcast
My NYC Microseasons creative collaborator Erin Chapman and I joined the Fields podcast to talk about noticing changes in nature in the city. Is every season now a micro season? Is eating a few mulberries from a city tree good or bad? Listen to find out!