Affinity: The Friendship Issue (Conjunctions #66)

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

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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.