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Posts Tagged: epidemics

Voices on Addiction: The Economics of Gentrified Vice

By Sabra Boyd

June 10th, 2020

The marijuana shop shimmers from the abyss, a glowing green jewelry box atop the hill.

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Tags: addiction, alcohol abuse, drinking, drug abuse, drug use, drugs, epidemic, epidemics, gentrification, homeless, homelessness, homophobia, legalization, marijuana, pandemic, Quarantine, Sabra Boyd, Voices on Addiction, weed

The Rumpus Interview with Laura van den Berg

By Amy Feltman

February 23rd, 2015

Author Laura van den Berg talks to the Rumpus about why she thinks America is obsessed with dystopias, the intersection of surrealism and realism in her work, and choosing an ambiguous ending for her new novel, Find Me.

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Tags: addiction, America, amy feltman, Andrea Elliott, Apocalypse New Jersey, Big Machine, disease, dystopia, dystopian novels, epidemics, Find Me, Fiona Maazel, Flu, George W. Bush, Grace Krilanovich, infection, infectious disease, Invisible Child, Killer Germs, Last Last Chance, laura van den berg, matt taibbi, motherhood, realism, Rolling Stone, Station Eleven, Still Alice, surrealism, televangelists, The Hunger Games, The Orange Eats Creeps, the road, Victor La Valle, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us

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