AWP 2021 Panel: At Home and Out of Place (Panelists: Anne Goldman, Megan Harlan, Patrick Madden, Angela Morales)
What does it mean to feel at home in a place—in the mind, in a family, in the U.S., across the Americas, and across the seas? Many of us have at times felt out of place among intimates. How do we write about our complex family lives without sacrificing honesty to ourselves or the dignity of those with whom we grew up? This discussion brings together four essayists whose recent books evoke the quotidian from diverse perspectives even as they linger on the strangeness resident in the ordinary.
