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Chosen Family, Narrative Possibility: The Expansive Literature of Friendship

  • AWP Conference & Bookfair - Baltimore Convention Center (map)

At AWP in Baltimore, I’ll be in conversation with writers Emma Copley Eisenberg, Paul Lisicky, Reena Shah, and Rachel Richardson:

Friendships rarely appear as central subjects in stories about adult life, though they are often our sturdiest and longest-lasting bonds. To center friendship is an act of resistance to a dominant heteronormative narrative. This panel seeks to investigate these under-written relationships. In novels, poetry, and essays, the panel will discuss friendship as a topic worth centering in our creative lives and work, and will explore the generative possibilities in the territory.

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