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Hofmann found out in 1996 that she had contracted HIV, something she kept private for ten years. Even to this day “it still takes the spit from my mouth when […]
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For the first time in 15 years, Hofmann is optimistic that we are near a cure for AIDS. In fact, it seems that one man may have already been cured.
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A conversation with the editor-in-chief of POZ magazine.
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The novelist explains that high expectations and a desire for fame are increasingly becoming distractions for young people today.
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“I have to remember that young people are living in this world today and I have to be advised by them as they are advised by me,” says Mosley.
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“There is no painter who painted only one painting and that was a masterpiece,” says Mosley. But that doesn’t mean you can write a lot of bad books and still […]
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Nothing, according to Mosley. He wakes up early every day so he can write before most people even read their morning paper.
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“My job is writing for people to enjoy and then writing about a broader and a deeper world,” says Mosley. Too many aspiring writers forget about the first half of […]
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Mosley thinks his background as a programmer is evident in his writing: “Often when I write about computer programmers I’ll write about the way that they see the world and […]
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The author writes 1000 words a day. The next day he edits the prior day’s 1000 words and writes 1000 more. A dedicated schedule, he says, is what gets stories […]
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The novelist explains why was inspired to get inside the head of someone suffering from the brain disorder.
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The key to writing is concentration, not inspiration, says the author. It requires deep attention to your characters, to the world they live in, and to the story you have […]
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Asked how we should strive to discuss terrorism and Islam, the author suggests a better way of looking at the struggle in the Middle East is to view it as a battle within Islam over modernity rather than a battle between Islam and the West.
Salman Rushdie says that when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini decreed that he should be killed in 1989 it wasn’t so great for his love life.
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The author is inspired by his friend Christopher Hitchens’ heroic effort to live, to write, and to continue to be himself even while he very publicly battles cancer.
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Western writers have always given themselves the freedom to write about any subject. But if a writer from the Third World wanted to write a book set in Illinois, people […]
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People tend to focus on the “magic” more than the “realism.” But, like all fiction, fantasy arrives at truth via the road of untruth.