{"product_id":"first-love-essays-on-friendship-hardcover","title":"First Love: Essays on Friendship - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLilly Dancyger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST - A \"vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays\" (Associated Press) that treats women's friendships as the love stories they truly are, from the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eNegative Space\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A tender, unswerving homage to her found family, but also an insightful study of friendship as identity-crafting.\"--\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLilly Dancyger always thought of her closest friendships as great loves, complex and profound as any romance. When her beloved cousin was murdered just as both girls were entering adulthood, Dancyger's devotion to the women in her life took on a new urgency--a desire to hold her friends close while she still could. In \u003ci\u003eFirst Love\u003c\/i\u003e, this urgency runs through a striking exploration of the bonds between women, from the intensity of adolescent best friendship and fluid sexuality to mothering and chosen family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach essay in this incisive collection is grounded in a close female friendship in Dancyger's life, reaching outward to dissect cultural assumptions about identity and desire, and the many ways women create space for each other in a world that wants us small. Seamlessly weaving personal experience with literature and pop culture--ranging from fairy tales to true crime, from Anaïs Nin and Sylvia Plath to \u003ci\u003eHeavenly Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e and the \"sad girls\" of Tumblr--Dancyger's essays form a kaleidoscopic story of a life told through friendships, and an expansive interrogation of what it means to love each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough friendship will never be enough to keep us safe from the dangers of the world, Dancyger reminds us that love is always worth the risk, and that when tragedy strikes, it's our friends who will help us survive. In \u003ci\u003eFirst Love, \u003c\/i\u003e these essential bonds get their due.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLilly Dancyger\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFirst Love: Essays on Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNegative Space\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City, and is a 2023 NYSCA\/NYFA Artist Fellow in nonfiction from The New York Foundation for the Arts. She teaches creative nonfiction in the MFA programs at Columbia University and Randolph College, and her work has been published by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48669501784312,"sku":"9780593447574","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/xQn06cM4B9780593447574.webp?v=1782947223","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/first-love-essays-on-friendship-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}