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The Silence of Your Name: The Afterlife of a Suicide

The Silence of Your Name: The Afterlife of a Suicide

Arrowsmith Press has published Alexandra's most recent book, the memoir The Silence of Your Name: The Afterlife of a Suicide, which includes three pieces excerpted here, "The Afterlife of a Suicide" (originally published in The American Scholar, winter 2021), "The Ultimate Alchemy," (originally published in Ploughshares, winter 2020/2021), and "How Philip Roth Taught Me to Write—And Heal" (originally published in LitHub, November 2021).

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Articles, essays, and criticism

The American Prospect

"Men's Rights and Nothing More, Women's Rights and Nothing Less: Saving America from the Comstock Act and other repressive remnants of the 19th-century past"

The American Prospect, September 2024

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LitHub

"Rejecting Denial and Embracing Sorrow: On Writing the Story of a Husband's Suicide"

LitHub, August 2024

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LitHub

"How Philip Roth Taught Me To Write — And Heal"

LitHub, November 2021

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The American Scholar

"The Afterlife of a Suicide"

The American Scholar, Winter Issue

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Ploughshares

"The Ultimate Alchemy"

Ploughshares, Winter 20/21

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Short fiction

Adopting Sarajevo

"Adopting Sarajevo"

A Ploughshares Solo, October 2015

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Ploughshares (Digital)
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Tinted Windows

"Tinted Windows"

Vocal and piano by Faith Soloway. Lyrics by Alexandra Marshall, Dan Hunter, and Faith Soloway. Music by Dan Hunter and Faith Soloway. Musical arrangement by Faith Soloway. Produced and mixed by Tom Dube.