First published 2016
This anthology brings together diverse voices examining friendship through multiple literary forms. Contributors include Joyce Carol Oates, Rick Moody, Darcey Steinke, Robert Coover, and many others who tackle the subject from different angles. The collection draws from Aristotle's observation that a friend serves as "another self" to explore how these bonds shape our lives. Writers investigate friendships that flourish and those that dissolve, relationships marked by conflict alongside those defined by harmony. The pieces capture friendship's contradictory nature, showing how these connections can shift from perfect understanding to deep uncertainty. Through innovative fiction, contemplative poetry, and personal essays, the anthology reveals friendship as both fundamental to human experience and remarkably unpredictable in its forms.
Genres: anthologies, friendship, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family
473 pages · Kindle Edition · Conjunctions