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    What the Political Satire "Wag the Dog" Can Teach Us About Propaganda, Narratives, and Putin's War in Ukraine

    The novelist behind "Wag the Dog" reflects on the book and the film adaptation's prescient lessons for using conflict to generate popularity.

    January 5, 2023  By Larry Beinhart
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    Good Company: Mickey Haller and the Enduring Appeal of 'The Lincoln Lawyer'

    Michael Connelly's lawyer and LA-operator guides readers through "the world without truth."

    January 5, 2023  By Bruce Riordan
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    Why We Can’t Quit the Apocalypse

    "[J]ust as every world tradition has a creation story—each one also has a destruction story"

    January 5, 2023  By Brandon Ying Kit Boey
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    We Need More Nuanced Portrayals of Sex Workers

    Adele Parks looks at some of the best fictional portrayals of sex workers, and asks why the media so often relies on stereotype.

    January 5, 2023  By Adele Parks
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    Mr. Inbetween: It's Time to Appreciate the Genius of This Very Australian Noir

    Andrew Nette on the Australian/American hit man show that always defied expectations.

    January 4, 2023  By Andrew Nette
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    A Thin Place: Carole Johnstone on Moving to Scotland's Outer Hebrides

    "Places can change your life every bit as much as people, and the Isle of Lewis and Harris will always be the one that changed mine."

    January 4, 2023  By Carole Johnstone
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    Fashion, the Predominantly White Industry That Feeds Off Black Culture

    Twin sisters Amber and Danielle Brown on writing a novel about their experiences in the fashion industry

    January 4, 2023  By Amber and Danielle Brown
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    A Crime Writer Confronts the Reality of Death

    "I have a weak stomach for death. That’s partly why I write murder mysteries."

    January 4, 2023  By Michael Wiley
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    The Most Glamorous Gang in London History

    On "Alice Diamond, Queen of Thieves, and her ‘girls’ from The Forty Thieves, who pilfered their way to notoriety in the first half of the twentieth century."

    January 3, 2023  By Beezy Marsh
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    Crime and the City: Karachi

    Pakistan's most populated city has a big tradition of books that explore crime and corruption.

    January 3, 2023  By Paul French
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