On Cults, Class, and the Turbulent 1970s: A Conversation with Rowan Beaird - Chicago Review of Books
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On Cults, Class, and the Turbulent 1970s: A Conversation with Rowan Beaird - Chicago Review of Books
Rowan Beaird’s sophomore novel, Tenderness, begins with an absolute banger of a first line: “Shay was no longer in the cult, but still, it made her wedding guests nervous that she was bringing them to an island.” So right off the bat, the wedding guests aren’t the only ones who are nervous. We readers are too! Is the bride actually free of this cult? Is the cult going to interfere with the wedding? Where is this island and how does one leave, if…
Rowan Beaird on the Enduring Allure of Cults in Times of Uncertainty
Over the past few years, when I would tell people I was working on a book about a cult, everyone seemed to be an expert on the subject. Had I watched the series about the one out in Oregon? The one about the kids at Sarah Lawrence? Did I know about the one where the founder ingested colloidal silver, the one that prescribed orgasmic meditation, the one where they inexplicably played volleyball every night? I started to realize that this obsessio…
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