First reviews of the new book are highly positive.

“Empathy figures in Marion Winik’s The Baltimore Book of the Dead, along with her sharp eye and wicked wit. This sequel … has more achingly beautiful and succinct obituaries of the people (and a few pets) from Winik’s wide, idiosyncratic circle of family, friends, colleagues, lovers, and enemies. This superfast read will spur rereading and the terrible wish that more people in Winik’s circle would expire just so she could memorialize them.” – Library Journal

“Captivating. Winik writes with a delightfully light and nuanced hand.” –Publishers Weekly

“You’ll want to read The Baltimore Book of the Dead as slowly as possible because every observation is a marvel, every sentence a heartbreak or a revelation of joy. This book is both brief and miraculous, and it will be finished before you’re ready to let it go. Like life.” – Ann Patchett, Pen/Faulkner Award winning author

“This slim, deeply moving book reminds us of the beauty and pain and complexity in every life, no matter how obscure. Winik’s prose is deceptively rich, suffused with quiet emotion and tender humor. She teaches us how to remember.” – Tom Perrotta, novelist and screenwriter

Learn more about Prof. Marion Winik. Visit her website.