Author Judson Merrill discusses book ‘Paranoid Storytelling’
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Judson Merrill is the author of “Paranoid Storytelling.”
Book summary:
“When reporter Judson Merrill discovers a daring and brilliant researcher studying the poisonous effects of conspiracy theories, he is convinced she holds the key to diagnosing America’s toxic online culture. But shortly after she agrees to an interview, she vanishes. Merrill’s search for her turns up a trail of unsettling research and an explosive explanation for our collective sickness. The sprawling conspiracy he unravels reveals the many ways in which our media, our communications, and our very beliefs have become fatally diseased.”
“Paranoid Storytelling” can be purchased anywhere books are sold—including the Briar Patch in downtown Bangor.
There will be a reading, discussion, and signing on July 7 at the Briar Patch.
For more information, visit Merrill’s website: judsonmerrill.com
About the author:
“Inspired by the way the novel began—as a fraud and a thief, stealing and repurposing popular storytelling forms—Judson Merrill seeks to make visible the changing and dangerous ways we tell stories. He has taught writing for the past 15 years, at Brooklyn College, the University of Southern Maine, and privately. His work has appeared in The Iowa Review, Chicago Review, The Massachusetts Review, The Southampton Review, Unstuck, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and other publications. He has been an Artist in Residence at Millay Colony, Ox-Bow, Lighthouse Works, Hewnoaks, and Guild Hall. He is currently co-producing a film he wrote about coming of age in an anxious, demented country."
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