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Alexandra Marshall
Rejecting Denial and Embracing Sorrow: On Writing the Story of a Husband’s Suicide
Alexandra Marshall Explores the Tension Between the Diverging Demands of Fiction and Memoir
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Alexandra Marshall
| August 27, 2024
How Philip Roth Taught Me To Write—And Heal
Alexandra Marshall on Finding Friendship in the Wake of Tragedy
By
Alexandra Marshall
| November 10, 2021
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