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Arts Dec 30

Author Ling Ma answers your questions about ‘Severance’

By Courtney Vinopal

Arts Dec 24

3 films that inspired Ling Ma’s ‘Severance’

When writing “Severance,” author Ling Ma drew inspiration from various sources, including several films.

By Ling Ma

Arts Dec 18

How ‘The Walking Dead’ and a Terrence Malick film inspired this writer’s first book

“I thought I could somehow bridge the two,” Ling Ma recently told the PBS NewsHour of her novel "Severance." “What if Terrence Malick directed a zombie B movie and this was the voiceover? Would that be in bad taste?”…

By Courtney Vinopal

Arts Dec 09

How the final days of an office job inspired this apocalyptic novel

Our December 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour's book club with The New York Times, is Ling Ma’s “Severance.”…

By Courtney Vinopal

Arts Dec 04

Discussion questions for ‘Severance’

Our December pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Ling Ma’s "Severance."…

By Courtney Vinopal

Dec 02

‘Severance’ is our December book club pick

By Courtney Vinopal

Our December 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Ling Ma’s "Severance."…

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