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Patricia Leavy: Social Fiction Icon

Alexandra Lasczik
Qualitative report, Vol.30(2), pp.3216-3223
03/03/2025
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This article explores Patricia Leavy's social fiction novels. The article details how and why Leavy's work has been a source of inspiration, how the development of "social fiction" broadened the arts-based research landscape, and how this works makes possible new forms of creative research. Lasczik then reviews in detail much of Leavy's extensive fiction catalog, her use of different genres, the messages embedded in her novels, and what those novels mean to readers.

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