Join acclaimed author Alix Ohlin and Writers @ Grinnell director Dean Bakopoulos for a discussion of Ohlin's new story collection, We Want What We Want, featuring  thirteen glittering, surprising, darkly funny stories of people testing the boundaries of their lives. An Esquire Best Book of Summer. “A pleasure to behold…a wry and moving collection” ( Kirkus) that “reveals the depth of her characters with empathy and precision” ( Publishers Weekly), “surprising and subversive” ( NOW Magazine), “slyly humorous and devastatingly sensuous” ( Oprah Daily) “riveting” ( Booklist). More at  https://alixohlinauthor.com

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Alix Ohlin’s novel Dual Citizens, like her novel Inside, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, and many other places.  She lives in Vancouver and directs the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.