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Ilana Masad

Ilana Masad
Ilana Masad is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and criticism whose work has been widely published. Masad is the author of the novel All My Mother's Lovers and is co-editing the forthcoming anthology Here For All the Reasons: #BachelorNation on Why We Watch.


Re(se)a(r)ching For Connection: Navigating the Fact and Fiction of Alien Abduction Stories

Ilana Masad: “It’s in trying to reach beyond our limited selves that we are, I believe, most human.”
October 2, 2025  By Ilana Masad
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Silence is an Occupation all Its Own

Speaking with Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman about Israel and Palestine
June 5, 2017  By Ilana Masad
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Queering the “I”: On First-Person LGBTQ Narratives

Garth Greenwell, Martin Pousson, and Others Talk Vulnerability and Shame
May 19, 2017  By Ilana Masad
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Against Milo Yiannopoulos, Against a Boycott

Why All of Simon & Schuster Shouldn't Suffer for Threshold's Dubious Book Deal
January 4, 2017  By Ilana Masad
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Spread the Word: On Small Presses and the Fight for Publicity

Keeping Pace with Fewer Resources in a Social Media-Saturated Environment
August 30, 2016  By Ilana Masad
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Erik Axl Sund is Actually 2 Emotionally Astute, Middle-Aged Punk-Rockers

Speaking with the Collaborative Authors of The Crow Girl
June 16, 2016  By Ilana Masad
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