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184: Elaine Hsieh Chou (DISORIENTATION) and Matthew Salesses' CRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD

So Many Damn Books

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You Don't Have to Humanize Anyone

"No one is a full villain or just like, cackling evil," she says. "Everybody is really nuanced in a way that is surprising." She was inspired by an author who said resisting dehumanization can be a politic act. 'I knew in my heart that this choice was deliberate'

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