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SUMMARY:The Center for Fiction Presents Daphne Palasi Andreades on Lucid 
 Dreams with Jessica Hagedorn
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Lucid Dreams with Daphne Palasi 
 Andreades\\, author of The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize fi
 nalist Brown Girls.\\nLucid Dreams follows a novelist searching for ins
 piration after a successful debut and struggling with feelings of disillu
 sionment and despair. Amidst this turmoil (and a looming deadline for the
 ir next book)\\, the author tries and fails to create\\; instead\\, they 
 begin to experience strange hallucinatory visions: enigmatic letters and 
 sketches appear\\, written in handwriting that isn’t their own\\, follo
 wed by sightings of a mysterious figure\\, which blur the line between th
 e narrator’s fiction and lived reality. These challenges—psychologica
 l\\, artistic\\, spiritual—and the secrets the writer harbors alienate 
 them from their loved ones\\, their art\\, and themself\\, until a fatefu
 l event draws the writer and the mysterious figure together.\\nAndreades 
 will be joined in conversation by Jessica Hagedorn\\, award-winning auth
 or of Dogeaters. They will discuss the book’s daring exploration of th
 e surreal\\, the elusive boundary between perception and reality\\, and t
 he ways that artists can navigate and manipulate that line. A book signin
 g will follow.\\nWe offer two in-person ticket options: the $10 Standard 
 Ticket and the $40+ Supporter Ticket. Both provide the same access\\, but
  if you’re able\\, we kindly suggest registering for the Supporter Tick
 et to help sustain our programs. Please note that tickets do not include 
 books\\; we encourage you to order in advance online or purchase copies a
 t the event.\\n&nbsp\\;\\nLucid Dreams\\nBy Daphne Palasi Andreades\\nPub
 lished by Random House Publishing Group\\nFresh off the success of their 
 first novel\\, a writer—intense\\, ambitious\\, and embittered by the p
 urpose of art—struggles with feelings of despair. Despite achieving a l
 ong-held dream\\, they find themself doubtful and despondent in a post-pa
 ndemic world that feels violent and unstable.\\nAmidst this turmoil\\, an
 d a looming deadline for their next book\\, the writer tries and fails to
  create. Instead\\, they begin to experience strange hallucinatory vision
 s. Enigmatic letters and sketches appear\\, written in handwriting that i
 sn’t their own\\, followed by sightings of a mysterious figure\\, which
  blur the line between the narrator’s fiction and lived reality.\\nThes
 e challenges—psychological\\, artistic\\, spiritual—and the secrets t
 he writer harbors\\, alienate them from their loved ones\\, their art\\, 
 and themself. Despite forays into learning a heritage language\\, Tagalog
 \\, traveling abroad\\, and changing their look\\, the visions persist—
 until one fateful event\\, which draws the writer and the mysterious figu
 re together.\\nWith her signature daring approach and evocative prose\\, 
 Daphne Palasi Andreades explores immigration\\, modern womanhood\\, and t
 he tension between art and commerce\\, in this wholly original novel. Luc
 id Dreams examines how we find purpose\\, the nature of change\\, and the
  courage it takes to be fully alive today.\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-c
 anada/united-states/new-york/events/the-center-for-fiction-presents-daphn
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