Write Imitates Life
Lakis PolycarpouWhere life meets fiction.
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Tyranny Gets Personal
Warning: spoilers for Severance ahead.
In the Apple TV show Severance, employees of the mysterious corporation Lumon are given brain implants that split consciousness. The implant takes effect at the beginning of the work day and reverses...
The Markets Are Stupid
Let me tell you a story.
In 2007, I was working as a Presentation Center Liaison at an investment bank in New York City. “Liaison” title notwithstanding, my job was primarily to create and process Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point pre...
A Dark Anniversary
Fifty years ago today, Turkey invaded the island of Cyprus. As part of this “peace operation”, (as the Turkish government called it), the Turkish army killed and “disappeared” thousands of Greek Cypriots, drove hundreds of thousands of peop...
The Unthinkable Becomes Thinkable
Dystopias—in fiction and reality—come in different flavors.
When Donald Trump was elected in 2016, 1984 and The Handmaid’s Tale shot to the top of the bestseller lists.
1984’s evocation of totalitarian gaslighting felt prescient in ligh...
What I Learned from Milan Kundera
Happy August!
It’s been a long summer. After a hard sprint, I finally gave a draft of my most recent novel to my editor (who is also my wife). It was hard to hand it over, knowing how much work is left to be done—but sometimes you just nee...
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