Affinity: The Friendship Issue (Conjunctions #66)

By: Robert Coover and Rachel Blau DuPlessis and John Ashbery and Jonathan Carroll and Elizabeth Gaffney and Roberta Allen and Rick Moody and Robert Clark and Stephen O'Connor and Brandon Hobson and Elizabeth Robinson and Sallie Tisdale and Joyce Carol Oates and Darcey Steinke and Andrew Ervin and Gilles Tiberghien and Michelle Herman and Robert Duncan and Jedediah Berry and Emily Houk and Diane Josefowicz and Charles B. Stozier and Spencer Matheson and Paul Lisicky and J. W. McCormack and Isabella Hammad and Tim Horvath and M. J. Rey and Matthew Cheney

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Synopsis: New writings on the topic of friendship from Stephen O&’Connor, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Clark, Elizabeth Gaffney, Rick Moody and Darcey Steinke, and more. Aristotle proposed that a friend is, in essence, &“another self,&” and it is indisputable that our relationships with our friends are nearly as complex as the ones we have with ourselves: One minute we&’re in perfect accord, another we&’re uncertain. Friendships are as mercurial as they are essential. We form friendships that are fraught, friendships that fade, and friendships that are as important to us as our very lives.Conjunctions: 66, Affinity investigates the phenomenon of friendship in its many forms through innovative and provocative fiction, poetry, and essays by writers of every ilk.This collection includes contributions by Rick Moody and Darcey Steinke, Robert Coover, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Elizabeth Gaffney, Andrew Ervin, Stephen O&’Connor, Gilles Tiberghien, Michelle Herman, Robert Clark, Jonathan Carroll, Sallie Tisdale, Robert Duncan, Jedediah Berry and Emily Houk, Diane Josefowicz, Brandon Hobson, Charles B. Strozier, Spencer Matheson, Paul Lisicky, John Ashbery, J. W. McCormack, Isabella Hammad, Tim Horvath, Roberta Allen, M. J. Rey, Elizabeth Robinson, Matthew Cheney, and Joyce Carol Oates.