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Sarah Moss
The Right Kind of Doll: Sarah Moss on the Prides and Pressures of Girlhood
“You knew... that taste was indistinguishable from morality and yours wasn’t good enough.”
By
Sarah Moss
| October 24, 2024
Actually, Not Everything is Writing: Sarah Moss on Why She Likes to Knit and Run
“You relax, a psychologist friend observed, by hyperstimulation.”
By
Sarah Moss
| March 1, 2022
Ten Years, Seven Houses: The Wandering Life of the Itinerant Writer
Sarah Moss on Feeling at Home Under Ever-Changing Skies
By
Sarah Moss
| January 12, 2021
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