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Elissa Altman

Elissa Altman
Elissa Altman is the author of the upcoming memoir, Motherland.


“Retribution Masquerading As Art.” Elissa Altman on the Problem with Revenge Writing

“Does it move the story forward? Does it belong in my journal?”
March 21, 2025  By Elissa Altman
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Sitting with the Unknowable: On Suicide and Loss

Elissa Altman Considers Life in the Aftermath
June 12, 2018  By Elissa Altman
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