10 Feb Love and Heartbreak
Hosted by Timothy Liu
From the moment we feel the stirrings of our first big crush, romantic love—getting it, giving it, committing to it, figuring out what to do when fights erupt and passion fades—takes up a huge space in our hearts and minds. Love is one of life’s greatest joys, and losing it is one of life’s greatest torments. Journalist Lisa A. Phillips uses insights from what she calls “the love and heartbreak beat” to help us better understand romantic relationships in the teen years and beyond. Ada Calhoun’s fiction shows us that no matter how much we think we understand love, it can turn our lives upside down without warning. Join us for a conversation about love, hosted by poet Timothy Liu, whose poetry explores identity and sexuality with bold eroticism.
Timothy Liu’s latest books of poems are Down Low and Lowdown and Luminous Debris. New work is forthcoming from American Poetry Review and Ploughshares. He teaches Creative Writing at SUNY New Paltz and lives in the Hudson Valley.
Lisa A. Phillips is the author of First Love: Guiding Teens Through Relationships and Heartbreak. She’s written about relationships, mental health, and teens for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Psychology Today, Cosmopolitan, Salon, and other outlets. She teaches journalism and the popular “Love and Heartbreak” seminar at SUNY New Paltz. Her two previous books are Unrequited: The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Romantic Obsession and Public Radio: Behind the Voices.
Ada Calhoun is the author of Also a Poet, named one of the best books of 2022 by The New York Times, NPR, andThe Washington Post, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, and featured on the Today show and PBS NewsHour. Her other books include St. Marks Is Dead and the New York Times bestseller Why We Can’t Sleep. Crush is her first novel.
Get a Full Festival pass and you’ll get to take in the Story Slam on Thursday night. Then sail into the weekend: attending all the wonderful panels, both parties, and both evening events. And share the bounty from our always-stuffed goody bag.