Author Archives: By KATIE ROIPHE

First Person: Sharing Her Secrets

A daughter learns hidden family history through her mother’s memoirs and autobiographical novels.

Cultural Studies: Crafting Fictional Personas With the Language of Facebook

“My Darklyng,” a serialized novel unfolding in text and on Facebook and Twitter illustrates how fictionalized teenagers are online.


Cultural Studies: On ‘Mad Men,’ The Allure of Messy Lives

Vicarious trysts are among the delights for fans of “Mad Men.”The success of “Mad Men” relies at least in part on the glamour of spectacularly messy, self-destructive behavior to a relatively staid audience.