The Perils of Using Real People in Your Prose
The author of Rachel to the Rescue and Ms. Demeanor explores the risky business of fictionalizing public figures.
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The author of Rachel to the Rescue and Ms. Demeanor explores the risky business of fictionalizing public figures.
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“I love when a poem is getting there, when I can’t stop coming back to it.” —Alise Alousi, author of What to Count
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