What Do We Owe the People We Write About? | Issue 7

by Kathryn Mockler | On boundaries and writing

Jul 28, 2021

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Early this month Kristen Roupenian’s 2017 short story “Cat Person” went viral again when it was revealed in a Slate article that Roupenian used real life details to create her protagonist — details she gleaned from the social media accounts of the ex-girlfriend of the man who inspired her story. If you are unfamiliar wit…

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