Lydia Conklin on Writing Transition

“The story of coming out, say, for a queer person, is often told in this heroic way, and then you come out and all is fine, and the queer person kind of has to be morally untouchable and perfect.”

Lydia Conklin is the author of the story collection Rainbow Rainbow. They are an Assistant Professor of Fiction at Vanderbilt University. Previously, they were the Helen Zell Visiting Professor in Fiction at the University of Michigan.