199 Cemeteries link round-up
[image error]I have a momentary breather between book events, so I wanted to collect up all the links so far for the press and guest posts I’ve been doing for 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die.
The tour kicked off in July, when I was interviewed for the Blueprint for Living show on Australia’s ABC radio. That generated 3 pieces: the audio of the radio show, an article about cemetery tourism, and a list of the best cemeteries in the world.
Tombstone Tourism:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/blueprintforliving/tombstone-tourism/8665726
Dark Tourism: Why Would You Want to Spend Your Holiday Visiting a Cemetery?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-06/tombstone-tourism-why-we-visit-cemeteries-on-holidays/8673454
Cemetery Travel: World’s Best Destinations
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/blueprintforliving/cemetery-travel—10-of-the-worlds-best/8667452
The New York Times featured the book in their Open Book column in the Books section:
A Guide to Graveside Tourism
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/books/review/199-cemeteries-to-see-before-you-die.html
The San Francisco Chronicle also featured it in their Sunday Lit section:
Travel Books: 199 Cemeteries A Lively Chronicle of Culture
http://www.sfchronicle.com/travel/article/Travel-Books-199-Cemeteries-a-lively-12241291.php?cmpid=gsa-sfgate-result
Time magazine interviewed me for their 10/3/17 issue:
What Gets Remembered: How Visiting a Cemetery Can Teach you About History
http://time.com/4963379/cemeteries-history-rhoads/
San Francisco magazine interviewed me about Bay Area cemeteries that everyone should visit:
Just in Time for Halloween, Bay Area Cemeteries to See Before You Die
https://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/just-time-halloween-the-bay-area-cemeteries-see-you-die
I did a couple of radio interviews:
From the Bookshelf @ 23 minutes in
https://player.fm/series/gary-shapiros-from-the-bookshelf/guests-james-gleick-and-loren-rhodes
Narrative Species
Life, Death, and Everything in Between
https://narrativespecies.wordpress.com/2017/10/02/loren-rhoads-suggests-199-cemeteries-to-see-before-you-die-life-death-and-everything-in-between/
Agony Column (long version):
http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2017/2017-interviews/loren_rhoads-2017.mp3
The Agony Column (short version):
http://www.bookotron.com/agony/audio/2017/2017-time_to_read/time_to_read_ep274_loren_rhoads.mp3
Several places did photo-heavy features, including:
Atlas Obscura:
In Search of Cemeteries Alive with Beauty, Art, and History
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cemeteries-to-visit-before-you-die-monuments
Mental Floss:
12 of the Most Beautiful Cemeteries Around the World
http://mentalfloss.com/photos/504533/12-most-beautiful-cemeteries-around-world
Did You Know:
7 Amazing Cemeteries to Visit Before You Inhabit One (if You’re into That Sort of Thing)
http://didyouknowfacts.com/8-amazing-cemeteries-visit-inhabit-one-know-youre-sort-thing/
Mind-Blowing Facts:
10 Unique Cemeteries to Visit Before You Inhabit One
https://mind-blowingfacts.com/unique-cemeteries/
The book was featured on a couple of book lists:
The Order of the Good Death’s Resource List:
http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/books
Cult of Weird’s Morbid Must-Reads for Fall:
http://www.cultofweird.com/books/2017-fall-reading-list/
And some of my guest posts have started to show up.
Legacy.com
Cemetery Sights: Norton, Emperor of the United States
http://www.legacy.com/news/explore-history/article/cemetery-sights-norton-emperor-of-the-united-states
The Author Spot
Did You Know There are Travel Sites Dedicated to Cemeteries?
https://staceyturner-authorspot.blogspot.com/2017/10/did-you-know-there-are-travel-sites.html
Horror Addicts
The Most Haunted Cemetery in the World
https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/2017/10/08/guest-blog-the-most-haunted-cemetery-in-the-world-by-loren-rhoads/
There’s more to come, including USA Today, Preservation magazine, and RealSimple.com.
