What drives our desire to connect? How do love and longing reveal who we really are? In this panel, our authors will explore the exhilaration, confusion, and vulnerability of intimacy. They will reflect on the humor, tenderness, and heartbreak that define our closest relationships. (Unfortunately, Alejandro Varela will not take part in this session as originally planned.)

Naeem Murr is the author of several novels, including, "The Boy," which was a New York Times Notable Book, and "The Perfect Man," awarded The Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the Best Book of Europe and South Asia....

Helen Schulman is The New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, including "Come with Me" and "This Beautiful Life." She is the fiction chair at the Writing Program at The New School and executive director of WriteOnNYC....


