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How Fiction Kills: Disarming Violence With Truth, And Why It Matters

How Fiction Kills: Disarming Violence With Truth, And Why It Matters

“You can’t speak truth to power, if the power speaks truth by definition.” — Michael Lynch

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Roy Moore, former Alabama truth-slayer

“You can’t speak truth to power, if the power speaks truth by definition.” — Michael Lynch

I sometimes sit in coffee shops and write because I want to feel like an authentic New York writer. That is my truth, as ugly and clichéd as it may sound to readily admit and put down on paper. I want the legitimacy that comes …

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