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Such new forms of behavior and new ways of thinking are exactly what Gómez brings to light in her feature, “One Way or Another.” The opening credits trumpet its blend of documentary and fiction, labelling it “A film about people, some fictitious, some real,” and then listing a group of actors followed by a group […]
This interview was featured in the Books & Fiction newsletter, which delivers the stories behind the stories, along with our latest fiction. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. This week’s story, “The St. Alwynn Girls at Sea,” is about a girls’ school that takes to the North Atlantic Ocean aboard a ship during […]
Your story “Prophecy” revolves around Dev, a young Indian man whose controlling family—grandfather, father, and uncles—has a real-estate business, where he is put to work once he turns twenty-two. What inspired you to tell Dev’s story? I grew up around men who lived in what we called “joint families,” which is to say families that […]