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Classic Essay: 'A Guide to Exiles, Expatriates, and Internal Emigrés' by Mary McCarthy, novelist, essayist, intellectual

Classic Essay: 'A Guide to Exiles, Expatriates, and Internal Emigrés' by Mary McCarthy, novelist, essayist, intellectual | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
First let me say what I think these terms signify in common speech. An expatriate is different from an exile. In early use an exile was a banished man, a wanderer or roamer: exsul. “For I must to the greenwood go, alone, a banished man.” In ancient Greek times, a man with a price on …
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Essay: On 'The Great American Pop Star Novel' by Catie Disabato, essayist and novelist

Essay: On 'The Great American Pop Star Novel' by Catie Disabato, essayist and novelist | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
Let’s explore the new canon of pop star novels.
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Catie Disabato writes an irregular column for Full Stop about the contemporary and sometimes not-so-contemporary literature she’s been reading. She is also the author of the novel 'The Ghost Network', published in 2017.
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Essay: 'How to Write Iranian-America, or The Last Essay' by Porochista Khakpour, novelist and memoirist - Thought-provoking

Essay: 'How to Write Iranian-America, or The Last Essay' by Porochista Khakpour, novelist and memoirist - Thought-provoking | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
“The essay will feel like it’s killing you and the ending will not be what you thought it might be.”
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Porochista Khakpour is the author of the forthcoming memoir Sick (Harper Perennial, May 2018), and the novels The Last Illusion (Bloomsbury, 2014)—a 2014 "Best Book of the Year" according to NPR, Kirkus, Buzzfeed, Popmatters, Electric Literature, and more — and Sons and Other Flammable Objects (Grove, 2007)—the 2007 California Book Award winner in “First Fiction,” a Chicago Tribune’s “Fall’s Best,” and a New York Times “Editor’s Choice.” She is currently writer-in-residence at Bard College, adjunct faculty at Columbia University, and visiting faculty at VCFA's MFA program.
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Interview: Rebecca Solnit, activist, essayist, author

Interview: Rebecca Solnit, activist, essayist, author | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
Rebecca Solnit is an activist and the author of 20 books on topics ranging from the environment t
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