Sam Roberts, a 50-year veteran of New York journalism, is an obituaries reporter and formerly the Urban Affairs correspondent at the New York Times. He hosts the New York Times 'Close Up,' which he inaugurated in 1992, and the podcasts 'Only in New York,' anthologized in a book of the same name, and 'The Caucus.' He is the author of A History of New York in 27 Buildings, A History of New York in 101 Objects, and Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America, among others. He has written for the New York Times Magazine, the New Republic, New York, Vanity Fair, and Foreign Affairs. A history adviser to Federal Hall, he lives in New York with his wife and two sons.
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Bloomsbury presents Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit by Sam Roberts, read by Nathan Osgood 'Mordantly wonderful.' —CARL HIAASEN 'I almost died laughing.' —ROZ CHAST 'My own departure would not be so bad if only Mr. Roberts could write the ... SEE MORE