Lilly Dancyger’s Memoir Is a Love Letter to Her Women Friends

Pop culture feeds on romantic couplings, but we all know the truth about who keeps us alive. Our friends, what would ever we do without them? It is passionate platonic friendship that concerns Lilly Dancyger in her second book, First Love: Essays on Friendship. A collection of personal and critical essays, First Love began when […] The post Lilly Dancyger’s Memoir Is a Love Letter to Her Women Friends appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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