Family, Unraveled

All families are complicated, with legacy, personal choices, and societal expectations shaping or breaking the bonds that hold them together. In Jason Diamond’s The Kaplan’s Plot, a son returns home to take care of his dying mother and learns of long-buried secrets and shames from his family’s past. In Katie Kitamura’s Audition, an actress and a young playwright meet in a cafe, and as conversations unfold, questions of who they are to each other begin to arise. In Denne Michelle Norris’ When The Harvest Comes, a gay man must reckon with his relationship with his homophobic father during his wedding reception when he learns he’s been in a car accident. Moderated by Alexander Chee (How To Write An Autobiographical Novel).