Dear Sugar Unmasked

“I’ve always written the column as if I were a naked woman standing in a field showing you everything but her face. I still plan to write it that way. The only thing that will be different is that you’ll know the naked woman’s name.”
— The Rumpus’s Dear Sugar advice columnist reveals herself to be author Cheryl Strayed, and she’s giving away all her secrets on the New Yorker’s Book Bench. Update: There will also be a party.

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