Greg Melville

Over My Dead Body, my book unearthing the hidden history of America's cemeteries, drops October 4, from @ABRAMSbooks A page-turning story about art, culture, race, the environment, poetry, love, life, death, amusement parks, and more. I hope you pre-order bookshop.org/books/over-my-…

Honored to be included in this book with so many writers I admire — @ElizKolbert , Douglas Fox, @carolynkor, @ben_a_goldfarb, Emma Maris, Ian Frazier, and more — edited by the outstanding @billmckibben . Out now. #BestAmerican2024 @MarinerBooks harpercollins.com/products/the-b…

This San Francisco park has an eerie secret: Tombstones embedded in its walls. Where I share my favorite S.F. secret, and ask for yours. What's your favorite fun/surprising/off-the-beaten-path find in the city? Thanks @bethwinegarner/@RecParkSF! 🪦🪦🪦 sfchronicle.com/totalsf/articl…

@SethKoenig Yes. Can’t believe the Pats were upset like that!

Surprised by a lot the NFL outcomes this week. Any given Sunday…

@zackknoll_ Woohoo! Thrilled to work with you on this latest adventure as well!

Memorial Day, 1940: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery

@markcadams What’s a magazine?

-David Pecker used to run a magazine company. -The magazine industry used to be filled with clever people. -Ergo: a funnier version of your joke about his surname was already made by an associate editor at Road and Track in 1995.

From Congressional Cemetery in DC yesterday. Had the privilege to participate in the cemetery’s Tombs and Tomes Book Festival. Terrific event!

@zackknoll_ Grammar and punctuation are suggestions, not rules, to a tortured poet

The remains of more than 100,000 Native Americans are held by prestigious U.S. institutions, despite a 1990 law meant to return them to tribal nations. Here’s how the ancestors were stolen — and how tribes are working to get them back. propublica.org/article/repatr…

📣 Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please. In April through September, visitors can view the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier every half hour.

@njmadre @michael_agovino @strandbookstore That’s quite an endorsement. Thanks a ton!

@michael_agovino @strandbookstore @gregmelville I took it out at the library and then ended up buying myself a copy. Great book. So well thought out. I recommend it to everyone who is into history, cemeteries, and genealogy. It's a must read. Enjoy!!

So happy to be reading this at @strandbookstore @gregmelville 🪦💀⚰️

@michael_agovino @strandbookstore Glad you’re enjoying it! And you couldn’t be in a better bookshop!

Yesterday near sunset at Natchez City Cemetery, in Natchez, Mississippi

Over My Dead Body, spotted in the wild at Sundance Bookstore in Reno.

For the owner of this historic Black cemetery in Miami, preservation is personal. Nice journalism by @stclaudeii @MiamiHerald amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/com…

Old New Castle, Delaware at night

@zackknoll_ Yet

The cowardice of imprecise language: Nearly all of the national headlines for this story refer to a “lost” or “forgotten” Black cemetery. This local news outlet gets it right, with the word “destroyed.” wtsp.com/amp/article/ne…