Why does fiction—even dark fiction—feel like a lifeline when the world turns turbulent? This panel brings together four Stony Brook University MFA writers whose work pans our darkest times for gold: Robert Lopez (Part of the World; Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere), Joseph Levens (Unearthed), debut novelist Meryl Branch-McTiernan (What You Should Worry About), and novelist Kaylie Jones (The Anger Meridian; Veritas, June 2027). Moderated by MFA candidate Hannah Fassett. A conversation about why we still reach for fiction when everything else falls short.
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