Bad Art Friend
2021 feature story
"Who Is the Bad Art Friend?" is a 2021 New York Times Magazine feature story by Robert Kolker about a feud between two writers, Dawn Dorland and Sonya Larson. The piece focused on accusations that GrubStreet employee Sonya Larson had included a letter written by former GrubStreet instructor Dawn Dorland in her short story The Kindest. Though Dorland and Larson had been involved in ongoing lawsuits since 2018 and the story of their feud had been covered by the media before, Kolker's piece went viral and led to ongoing scrutiny of the case. Background. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Is_the_Bad_Art_Friend%3F
"Who Is the Bad Art Friend?" is a 2021 New York Times Magazine feature story by Robert Kolker about a feud between two writers, Dawn Dorland and Sonya Larson. The piece focused on accusations that GrubStreet employee Sonya Larson had included a letter written by former GrubStreet instructor Dawn Dorland in her short story The Kindest. Though Dorland and Larson had been involved in ongoing lawsuits since 2018 and the story of their feud had been covered by the media before, Kolker's piece went viral and led to ongoing scrutiny of the case. Background.
