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Ashley Mackenzie

Ashley Mackenzie (ashmackenzie.com) counts the New York Times, Scientific American, and The New Republic among her clients.
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Arts & Culture

Why William Gibson Is a Literary Genius

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 - by Ashley Mackenzie

Forty years after his breakout story, “Johnny Mnemonic,” the father of cyberpunk remains one of the best writers around

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Illustration of white and blue light trails, in the vague shape of a person, against a black background.
Fiction / July/August 2020

The Ones We Carry With Us

July 20, 2020July 23, 2020 - by Ashley Mackenzie

Here’s the thing I now know about dying. It looks like almost anything else

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Illustration of a hand, palm-up, with bright lines drawn across it in light.
Fiction / July/August 2020

Lottery Poetry

July 9, 2020July 10, 2020 - by Ashley Mackenzie

No business felt more ridiculous, in those spring days of the pandemic, than fortune-telling did

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Illustration of a bear standing on its hind legs. It is wearing a muzzle on its head and its eyes are glowing. Behind it, a fire is burning against a dark night.
July/August 2020 / Memoir

Dancing Bear

June 18, 2020December 8, 2020 - by Ashley Mackenzie

In this memoir, a child and his family leave Lebanon for Athens

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Illustration by Ashley Mackenzie
Environment / September 2017

The Reason More People Don’t Drive Electric Cars

August 17, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Ashley Mackenzie

Without a national charging system, eco vehicles are just fancy toys

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January/February 2017

Why Are There so Few Female Conductors?

December 19, 2016April 7, 2020 - by Ashley Mackenzie

For women, the symphony is not so different from the boardroom

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Justice / November 2016

Deeds of Mercy

October 25, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Ashley Mackenzie

At mental-health court, the goal is to mend troubled minds

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Illustration by Ashley MacKenzie
May 2015 / Society

In Denial

April 20, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Ashley Mackenzie

The Armenian genocide, a century later

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Illustration by Ashley MacKenzie
May 2015 / Poetry

Et in Arcadia Ego

April 16, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Ashley Mackenzie

Hard to make out a particular figure: the faces pressed to the portholes, seeds stowed in oily cloth, or the hold altering under a swaying lamp. The actual vessel and …

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Illustration by Ashley MacKenzie
May 2015 / Society

Bugging You

April 16, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Ashley Mackenzie

An Ontario company puts insects on the menu

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