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Non-Fiction Nook: Don’t Fear the Reaper


Death LITERALLY happens to everything, so why is it still so awkward? Casey (she/her/hers) hops on to discuss some of the books that have helped her prepare for her OWN grief around death. She mentions her Father’s recent passing, the necessity of death rituals and challenging the taboo, google being trash, and reads an excerpt from “The Buried Soul: How Humans Invented Death” by Timothy Taylor. 

Books and Resources Mentioned:

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty 

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty 

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions From Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty 

The Buried Soul: How Humans Invented Death by Timothy Taylor  

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by Amarissa

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Renee Powers founded Feminist Book Club in 2018 to provide a space for intersectional feminists to learn, grow, and connect. When not reading or running the biz, you can find her drinking coffee and trying unsuccessfully to teach her retired racing greyhound how to fetch. Favorite genres: feminist thrillers, contemporary literary fiction, short stories, and anything that might be described as "irreverent"

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