We’re all set up for the National Book Festival! Come check out our booth featuring some butterflies and kitties from our selected titles 🥰 Library of Congress Anita Hannig Sonja Thomas is on Bluesky @Jonathan_Case

@LindaJonesNYC Just won a One Voice Award in the category Factual for her exquisite narration of The Day I Die. So proud!! HighBridge Audio

Well deserved! This is a fabulous book that deserves your attention. It is so well written & researched. #books #awardwinners #aidindying #death

“The language of abortion and the conversation around abortion is inextricably tied up with pregnancy language,” Rachel E. Gross, author of Vagina Obscura, tells host kat chow on The Waves. slate.trib.al/uMzOGCo

Is There a Right Way to Grieve? My first episode for @pbs Dead and Buried. Such an honor. youtu.be/SXaCPgUvRJk?si… via YouTube #grief

Is There a Right Way to Grieve? youtu.be/SXaCPgUvRJk?si… via YouTube

Before the rise of medical aid in dying, there was no way for terminally ill patients to tell their doctors what they wanted at the end. The story of how language—and Americans' relationship w/ medically mediated death—evolved: nytimes.com/2023/10/24/sci… via The New York Times NYT Science

For more insight into this history, I highly recommend anthropologist Anita Hannig's book The Day I Die: anitahannig.com/publications/

If you need nothing else all week, read this piece by Rachel E. Gross. It's a keeper.

The paperback of The Day I Die is out today!

What Is The Right To Die And Why Does It Matter? youtu.be/fHUv3d1Feew?si… via YouTube My latest for PBS Digital Studios. Peg Sandeen Death with Dignity

Dead and Buried, a segment on PBS Voices, explores our evolving attitudes towards death. In their most recent episode, Peg Sandeen provides insight into how choosing MAID can provide a sense of dignity and autonomy for those who are terminally ill. deathwithdignity.org/news/2023/12/d…

Such a pleasure to be a part of this important conversation on 1a. Thanks Jennifer White for such a rigorous discussion. the1a.org/segments/how-m…

Thanks for the great conversation!

The complicated lives and deaths of TikTok’s illness influencers vox.com/the-highlight/… via Vox

The Case for Assisted Dying | Opinion newsweek.com/case-assisted-…

How doulas and cafes help people break the last taboo – talking about death via The Christian Science Monitor csmonitor.com/USA/Society/20…

"The Day I Die" by Anita Hannig offers a profound look at MAID. Through personal stories, Hannig explores the experiences of those choosing to end their lives on their own terms, providing a thoughtful perspective on autonomy and a good death deathwithdignity.org/news/2024/08/e…

"What began in the 19th century as an early sense of duty to tend to the dying eventually led to the wholesale medicalisation of death that we see today." Medicine must accept death as a natural part of life, writes Anita Hannig bmj.com/content/387/bm…

"Today, medical mastery over death seems to have become a goal in itself." Medicine should adopt a more compassionate approach that rehumanises dying, rather than focusing on extending life at all costs, writes Anita Hannig #ChristmasBMJ bmj.com/content/387/bm…