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At the Morbid Anatomy Library in Industry City
Saturday, May 30, 2026
5pm ET (NYC time)
Free! RSVP with email at checkout
Join author Becky Robison for a reading from her new book My Parents Are Dead: What Now? followed by a conversation with death worker Lauren Seeley. Robison wrote this book after the death of her parents, collecting resources and information to pass on to others who will will take on the role of closing out someone’s life. She deftly explains complex legal and financial processes without the jargon—and with a sense of humor to make it easier to bear.
Becky Robison (she/her) is a writer living in Louisville, Kentucky. A graduate of UNLV's Creative Writing MFA program, her work has appeared in Salon, Slate, Business Insider, and elsewhere. She’s also the mind behind My Parents Are Dead: What Now?—a project that aims to help people navigate the dizzying labyrinth of post-death bureaucracy based on her own experience. Her book My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death is available now.
Lauren Seeley is a death and grief doula for pets & humans. She is a death educator and facilitator of the Silent Book Club Of Death NYC, and her own book club The Ahhsweetdeath Book Club. She is a memorialist & curator for funerals, altars, memorial spaces, designer, illustrator, reiki practitioner, and creative grief artist.
At the Morbid Anatomy Library in Industry City
Saturday, May 30, 2026
5pm ET (NYC time)
Free! RSVP with email at checkout
Join author Becky Robison for a reading from her new book My Parents Are Dead: What Now? followed by a conversation with death worker Lauren Seeley. Robison wrote this book after the death of her parents, collecting resources and information to pass on to others who will will take on the role of closing out someone’s life. She deftly explains complex legal and financial processes without the jargon—and with a sense of humor to make it easier to bear.
Becky Robison (she/her) is a writer living in Louisville, Kentucky. A graduate of UNLV's Creative Writing MFA program, her work has appeared in Salon, Slate, Business Insider, and elsewhere. She’s also the mind behind My Parents Are Dead: What Now?—a project that aims to help people navigate the dizzying labyrinth of post-death bureaucracy based on her own experience. Her book My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death is available now.
Lauren Seeley is a death and grief doula for pets & humans. She is a death educator and facilitator of the Silent Book Club Of Death NYC, and her own book club The Ahhsweetdeath Book Club. She is a memorialist & curator for funerals, altars, memorial spaces, designer, illustrator, reiki practitioner, and creative grief artist.