Literary Friction - Desire with K Patrick

An episode of the Literary Friction podcast, hosted by Literary Friction, titled "Literary Friction - Desire with K Patrick" was published on November 2, 2023 and runs 59 minutes.

November 2, 2023 ·59m · Literary Friction

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How do the people and things we desire shape our identities? And how do you render the physical intensity of desire on the page? Author K Patrick joins us in thinking about desire this month - we spoke to K about their debut novel Mrs. S, which tells the story of a young Australian who arrives at an elite English all-girls boarding school for a job and ends up having a life-changing affair with the headmaster's wife. It's a sensual portrait of queer desire, and the transformative power of lust and longing, which is why we wanted to revisit the...

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