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Mad Woman

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Essays and conversations on books, culture, craft, madnessโ€”with a feminist reading group for paid subscribers, and a writing group for founding subscribers.

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About Amanda Montei

Author of TOUCHED OUT, contributing writer at New York Times Magazine, teacher of writing at Stanford and other places. PhD in literature, MFA in writing. Usually more madwoman than mad woman.

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