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Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

Arcadia Publishing has releases a new title in the Images of America series, the historic account of the cemeteries along the New Hampshire Seacoast. This collection is a must for anyone interested in local history, genealogy, or colonial-era art. Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast and browse other cemetery books!

Green-Wood Cemetery By Alexandra Mosca

Arcadia Publishing announces the release of the historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

A memoir about living beside a cemetery--and about the members of my family who came to rest at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit Kitsune Books for more information.

Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

Michael Louden, 40 PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Friday, 10 September 2004
Michael Louden, 40; Actor in Soap Operas, Films and L.A. Stage

September 9, 2004

Actor Michael Louden, 40, who had a starring role as Duke Kramer on the soap opera "As the World Turns" and appeared on stage and in several movies, died at his Hollywood home Saturday. The cause of death was not disclosed.
Louden appeared on "As the World Turns" for three seasons beginning in 1988. He also played Kenny Reed on "Another World" and appeared in "One Life to Live."

His theater credits include "Three Feet Under," an offbeat comedy directed by Lily Tomlin and presented last month at the Evidence Room in Los Angeles.

Louden also appeared as Lucio in a 1996 production of "Measure for Measure" in New York and as Timon in a 1998 production of "Timon of Athens" in Los Angeles. He was cast as Lenny in Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming" during the upcoming winter theater season at A Noise Within in Glendale.

Born in Marblehead, Mass., he majored in theater at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and studied at Juilliard. He made his professional debut as the Dauphin in "King John" for Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival. His credits also include "The Langoliers," a TV movie, and the film "Space Cowboys."

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Taphophilia?

taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

John McRae 1915From In Flan