Flawed, sharp, and messy characters on journeys of self-discovery and indulging in sexually explicit love affairs. Two women bond over their shared desire for pain and pleasure in Exhibit by R.O. Kwon. In Tongues by Thomas Grattan follows a young gay man who moves to NYC after a bad breakup, where he gets hired as a dog walker for a wealthy couple and lines begin to blur between employee and lover. In All the World Beside, Garrard Conley explores queerness and religion in a blistering story of two men who fall in love in 18th-century Puritan New England. This panel offers a scorching look at the intricacies of love and passion–and how they can devour us. Moderated by Denne Michele Norris, Editor in Chief of Electric Literature.
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