Debra Bruno

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Debra Bruno is a longtime Washington journalist and teacher, with a career that has covered law, politics, the arts, music, dance, theater, books, culture, health, and international issues. She has worked at Moment Magazine, Legal Times, and Roll Call.

From 2011-2014, she was a freelance writer in Beijing, covering subjects as diverse as expat divorce and post-nuptial agreements for the Wall Street Journal, about rowing in a dragon boat for the Washington Post, and about Chinese hutongs for Atlantic’s CityLab.

After returning from China, she continued as a freelance writer, covering topics as diverse as an interview with ACLU legal head David Cole for American Lawyer, or writing about drum circles and 3D ultrasound images for the Washington
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Truly a page-turner, Everything Has Happened captures love and loss in a 1980s setting. By the end of the book, I was gasping and saying "Oh no!" But in a good way. I loved the imagery: an old woman's veiny hands, stale marshmallows, the sense of won ...more
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