Masha Gessen
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Masha Gessen is the author of 12 books, including the National Book Award-winning The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia and The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin. A staff writer at The New Yorker and the recipient of numerous awards, including Guggenheim and Carnegie fellowships, Gessen teaches at Bard College and lives in New York City.
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Writings & Appearances
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Deep Dive
Is Politics Possible in the Absence of Truth?
Masha Gessen on how polarization around facts pits us against each other