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Etelka Lehoczky

A freelance writer in Chicago

Etelka Lehoczky

Journalism, custom content, 

copywriting

el@etelkawrites.com

(872) 228-5793

About me

I cover a variety of topics for top national publications and bring journalistic precision to all kinds of copy. My bylines include NPR, Inc., the Atlantic, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Money and The New York Times. Here you can learn more about me and check out my business journalism, arts journalism and copywriting.

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To get in touch, email me at el@etelkawrites.com.

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Hand it to Katie Skelly: "Maids" is a pretty canny title for her graphic novel about a pair of killer domestic workers. It seems innocuously descriptive unless you pause (arrested, perhaps, by the barely-there bloody spatter speckling this book's otherwise prim cover) and think about the word's double meaning in English.

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The coronavirus' repercussions for older people in America extend far beyond the mortality rate. Already struggling to make ends meet before the pandemic, seniors are being hurt yet again by the financial crash.

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Though M. T. Anderson couldn't possibly have planned it, his new book feels like it was created for just this moment. The story's driving force and key image — a torrential flood of natural and unnatural origin that sweeps away a city — is the perfect symbol for our era. 

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With A Glug Of Potion And A New Translation, 'Asterix' Aims To Conquer America

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The Asterix series' enduring popularity has puzzled critics for decades, even as it's racked up sales of 380 million books, been translated into 111 languages and spawned dozens of adaptations in various media. America, oddly enough, has been something of a holdout. 

I'd love to hear from you.

el@etelkawrites.com