Published Articles

• The Movement to Bring Death Closer by Maggie Jones, New York Times Magazine 12.22.2019
• Epilogue: Life Lessons from the People We Call to Lay Someone to Rest by Amanda Long, Annys Shin, and Harrison Smith, The Washington Post 12.10.2018
• Bringing James Home by Catherine Ashe, Slate 6.20.2018
• The Positive Death Movement Comes to Life by John Leland, The New York Times 6.22.2018
• DIY or Family Led Funeral-Arranging a Funeral Yourself by Hannah Wessel and Oliver Chapple, 6.8.18, Stoneletters.com
• Grieving Santa Rosa family reclaims old ways by Meg McConahey, The Press Democrat 3.9.18
• Kate’s Still Here by Libby Copeland, Esquire Magazine 11.14.2017
• Challenging the High-Priced Funeral Industry, More Americans Are Choosing Home Funerals and Death Midwives by April Short,  AlterNet 10.15.2016
• ​Opting for a funeral at home: Challenging cultural norms by Amy Wright Glenn, Philly Voice 8.28.2016
• A Different Way of Death: Why the Alternative Funeral Movement is Taking Hold in the United States by Kristen Warfield,  5.12.2016, Medium
• Start-Ups Take Rites From the Funeral Home to the Family Home by Claire Martin, New York Times 1.31.2016
• Fort Worth, Arlington families choose home funerals for their loved ones by Robert Cadwallader, Star-Telegram 10.11.2015
• What’s a Death Midwife? by Jennifer Luxton, Yes Magazine 9.3.2015
• Who Owns the Dead? by Libby Copeland, New Republic 6.24.2015
• Are We Revolutionizing the Way We Die? by Katy Rank Lev, Dame Magazine 4.22.2015
• The Rise of Back-to-the-Basics Funerals by Susan Chumsky, The New York Times 3.12.2015
• Home Funerals Grow As Americans Skip The Mortician For Do-It-Yourself After-Death Care by Jaweed Kaleem, Huffington Post 2.21.2015
• Death Midwife Eases Passage to the Great Beyond The Chronicle Herald, Nova Scotia, Canada, 10.29.2014
• The Surprising Satisfactions of a Home Funeral by Max Alexander, Smithsonian Magazine 3.2009

For archived listings of articles, go here

Showing the Family How To, photo courtesy of Sara Williams, Shrouding Sisters

Kate's Hands at Rest, photo courtesy of Sara Williams, Shrouding Sisters

Books

• The NHFA maintains a book list of suggested reading in a variety of death-related topics as listed below. The NHFA Book List is extensive and divided into the 15 easy-to-navigate categories you see below. We welcome your suggestions and additions at info@homefuneralalliance.org.
• 1. Being Present With the Dying
  2. Celebrations and Rituals
  3. Children: Explaining Death to Kids
  4. Commentary
  5. Conscious Dying
  6. Creative Endings
  7. Exploring Death
  8. Home Funerals
  9. Home Funerals: How-to Guidebooks
  10. Legalities
  11. Music
  12. Natural Burial
  13. Planning & Advance Directives
  14. Seminal Works
  15. The Dying Process

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• Booklist especially for children: NHFA Children Booklist 2015

Magazines

• Natural Transitions Magazine now available in print and free online
• Lilipoh Magazine January 2011 Death and Dying Issue
• More to Death Magazine from the Natural Death Centre

Blogs to Read

• Planning Ahead: Home Funerals Ruth Faas, Mourning Dove Studio
• Home Funerals—Reviving an American Tradition Lee Hoyt, Threshold Support Circle blog
• How to Hold a Home Funeral Lee Webster and Tanya Marsh, Qeepr blog 2017
• The Inspired Funeral
• Beyond Hospice
• The Order of the Good Death
• ​New Hampshire Funeral Resources, Education & Advocacy
• The Family Plot
• Grave Matters
• Full Life Good Death
• Seven Ponds: Embracing the End of Life Experience
• I'm Sorry to Hear