The word pseudonym has appeared in 108 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 27 in “In TikToks and a Memoir, a Nun Makes the Unexpected Case for Convent Life” by Elisabeth Egan:
When an agent proposed writing a memoir, Sister Monica Clare turned to the community for guidance: “I said, I would never portray any of you in a bad light because I love you all. You’re my family.”
Some sisters were fine with the idea; others requested to be identified by pseudonym.
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