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  "id": 14754519,
  "title": "'The point of writing this book is to apply pressure': Calgary expat Vivek Shraya offers terrifying dystopia in new novel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/the-point-of-writing-this-book-is-to-apply-pressure-calgary-expat",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-15T17:42:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Calgary Herald",
    "slug": "calgary-herald",
    "url": "https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/the-point-of-writing-this-book-is-to-apply-pressure-calgary-expat-vivek-shraya-offers-terrifying-dystopia-in-new-novel"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When Vivek Shraya began working on her novel, The Hystericals, in 2018, flickers of the world she would create were already in the mainstream. At the time, Shraya was touring her powerful and provocatively named memoir I’m Afraid of Men. The #MeToo movement had recently gone viral. The term incel had already been around for […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}