Episode 189 "Cemeteries are for the Living": A Conversation with Author Tui Snider
“Cemeteries are for the living. They’re there for us, they’re there to comfort us, they’re there to educate us, they’re there to provide peaceful meditative places to contemplate our own mortality and our own life." This is what Tui Snider told Dominic Genetti of the Midland Daily News and she said it again on this week's episode of the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast. Join Jennie, Dianne and author Tui Snider for a delightful and insightful discussion of all things cemetery including a harrowing adventure as a young Girl Scout, her world-wide cemetery travels, including her recent trip to Romania, cemetery symbolism, her books and many more of Tui's Ordinary Extraordinary cemetery anecdotes.
To learn more about Tui, her travels, her books and to sign up for her newsletter, visit her website at: https://tuisnider.com/
To join Tui on her tour of Italian cemeteries, learn more here:
https://www.lisastatkus.com/tui-snider-sept-1-11-2024-monumental-cemeteries-of-italy-tour/
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Tui Snider
Author/Speaker
Tui Snider is an author and speaker who travels the world exploring cemeteries, while sharing what she learns by writing books and articles, leading tours, creating videos, and giving presentations. Tui’s work has been featured by numerous media outlets including Coast to Coast AM, ABC, NBC, LifeHack, TimeOut Travel, and many more.
Tui has written a dozen books, including "Understanding Cemetery Symbols," and "6 Feet Under Texas." Her books are carried by libraries, museums, and shops around the world, including the National Museum of Funeral History.
Tui enjoys speaking at conferences and special events, such as the UK Research Institute’s “Conference on Grieving.” She occasionally teaches classes based on her research at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas and has narrated cemetery-themed video projects for Oakwood Cemetery in Austin, Texas.
This September, Tui is leading a 10-day tour through Italy's monumental cemeteries, while also visiting crypts, ossuaries, and Etruscan tombs along the way.
Since 2014, Tui has shared her travels and research through a newsletter focused on historic cemeteries. Subscribers learn about tombstone symbols, unique burial practices, as well as the stories behind unusual graves around the world, and other fascinating tidbits along the way. To sign up for Tui Snider’s Cemetery News or learn more about Tui Snider, please visit her website: TuiSnider.com.
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