‘I Will Ruin Him’

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How it feels to be stalked

Detached keyboard keys spell out “I WILL NOT LET YOU GO.”

Holly Gressley for The Chronicle

Some years ago, I found myself, to my surprise, the victim of a campaign of malicious e-mail stalking and online defamation by a former M.F.A. student.

Nasreen (all names here have been changed) was a talented writer, and she had an interesting story to tell about her family’s experiences in Iran at the time of the revolution. During the term I taught her, I’d made it clear I thought highly of her work.

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