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April 19, 2021

5 HOT BOOKS: Art and Thought in the Cold War, a Brother's Suicide, and More

April 19, 2021/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Art and Thought in the Cold War, a Brother's Suicide, and More

And Essays from a Mixed-Race Writer Who Thinks of Herself as “a Perpetual Foreigner”

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Cold War, Suicide, Asian-Americans
March 21, 2019

REVIEW: A Searing Novel About a Mother Dealing With the Greatest of Losses

March 21, 2019/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Searing Novel About a Mother Dealing With the Greatest of Losses

What Do You Say (in an Imaginary Conversation) to a Child Who Has Died by Suicide?

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March 21, 2019/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
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Suicide, Death, Chinese-American Fiction
February 16, 2018

Q&A: Meghan Kenny on 'The Driest Season,' a Searing Novel About a Father's Suicide

February 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Meghan Kenny on 'The Driest Season,' a Searing Novel About a Father's Suicide

And on Independent Women, the American Midwest, and Her Advice to New Writers

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February 16, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Contemporary Fiction, Wisconsin, Writing Techniques, Suicide
August 02, 2017

REVIEW: What Made Maddy Run? And What Made Her Take Her Own Life?

August 02, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: What Made Maddy Run? And What Made Her Take Her Own Life?

Trying to Make Sense of an Exceptional Student Athlete's Death

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August 02, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Suicide, School Athletics, Competition, Depression
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