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Dancers strip an old flower seller of her cloak, revealing Catrina, the Keeper of the Dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The opera opens in the real world, as drably attired villagers assemble marigold- and candle-festooned Day of the Dead altars.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Grief saturates the early pages of Catriona McPherson’s dark mystery “The Dead Room,” in which a young widow leaves her marital home in Hawaii and returns to her native Scotland.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The singer also appeared on records with French jazz group Troc in the 1970s, American rock band the Dregs in the 1980s, and the Grateful Dead spinoff project Go Ahead in the late 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

“Well, I think I’m going to need some help. He weighs a ton. Dead weight, you know.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall