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“There’s not the semi-autobiographical-ness to hide behind. It’s definitely more brutal and raw.” The co-creator of Pen15 isn’t done thinking about childhood—only this time she’s sticking to her own in a brutal yet funny coming-of-age memoir By Carolina de Armas On the first page of her debut memoir, The Sane One, Anna Konkle is pacing her apartment. The doorbell keeps ringing. Though she knows who it is, she hesitates. “On the other side is a man who has my same hair, cheeks, and nose, and w...