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Author of book about cadavers to visit Salem next week

Written by DeadGirl
Sunday, 19 September 2004
By Kevin Hays Salem-news.com Salem, Ore. - A book titled "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers" caught the interest of so many readers in 2003 that it spent several months on the New York Times best seller list and was recognized by The New York Times as one of its best non-fiction books of 2003. It is described as riveting, informative and surprisingly witty. At 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23rd, the book's author, Mary Roach, will speak about her fascinating, if macabre, topic in Loucks Lecture Hall at Salem Public Library, 585 Liberty St. SE. Her appearance is a part of the six-part 'Monsters of Thought Lecture Series' hosted by the Salem Public Library in September and October. Roach's lecture is free and open to the public. Complete details about the lecture series are available at the library's Web site or by calling Jason Openo at (503) 588-6183. Roach's book explores the range of research being conducted using human cadavers, and includes chapters on head transplants, decomposition, body-snatching, organ transplants, crash testing, ballistics testing and other topics rarely discussed at the breakfast table. Roach is a journalist and former Salon.com columnist. She has written for Outside, GQ, Vogue, and The New York Times Magazine. She writes the humor column "My Planet" in Reader's Digest and is a contributing editor for the science magazine Discover. http://www.katu.com/salem/story.asp?ID=71193

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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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