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What Does It Meant When Authors Write to Dear Abby?

July 14, 2008
By Michael Cader

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Scott,” and I are writers, although we both have day jobs. During the two years we’ve been together, we have always supported each other’s writing careers. Things changed after my first novel was published. While initially congratulatory, Scott’s behavior was different as the publication date neared. He declined to help my […]

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Thomas Disch, Novelist, Said to Take His Own Life

July 8, 2008
By Michael Cader

The “author, poet and critic who twisted the inherently twisted genre of science fiction in new, disturbing directions, including writing his last book in the voice of God, died on Friday in his Manhattan apartment. He was 68. “His friend Alice K. Turner said Mr. Disch shot himself. She and other friends told how his […]

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