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Maria Nguyen

Maria Nguyen is a Mississauga-based illustrator and designer. Her work has appeared in the New York Times and the National Post.
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Society

Gothic Revival: Embracing Dark Times

May 26, 2022 - by Maria Nguyen

Why a 1970s subculture that championed rebellion is back—and more morbid than ever

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Illustration of a bed bordered with two nightstands. One side is clean with a pill bottle and the other is cluttered with pills, creams, and a glass of wine.
Health / January/February 2022

What Women (Still) Want

December 20, 2021April 22, 2022 - by Maria Nguyen

The medical community has never taken women’s sexual desire seriously. Now, Gen X women are hitting menopause and demanding better

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Environment / October 2019

What to Read When the World is On Fire

September 23, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Maria Nguyen

The new wave of climate change writing

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Fiction / October 2018

Split Tooth

September 18, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Maria Nguyen

We pile our hair as high as it will go, even though the wind destroys our hairdos to the point that every time we come in from outside, the girls’ bathroom is a haze of Final Net

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Fiction / November 2017

Lynch Law

October 16, 2017September 29, 2021 - by Maria Nguyen

They said it was us carrying on that led Willis to do himself the injury

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Illustration by Maria Nguyen
Books / October 2017

Why Good Historical Fiction Is so Hard to Write in Canada

September 21, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Maria Nguyen

Can Kathleen Winter’s new novel make us care about our country’s past?

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