Join us at 6:00pm for 6:30pm on Wednesday 25 September for the Sydney launch of Meanjin 83.3 Spring 2024! In Gadigal/Sydney, at Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW.
Love as worship: Adrian Mouhajer in conversation with Esther Anatolitis
“When I came to my father and tried to explain that I was queer, he looked at me with a tight expression and misty eyes before he reached for me. I flinched, on instinct, but was surprised when he took me into his arms. The scent of musky woody oud. Squeezed by strong arms. The perfume tasted bitter in my mouth, and tears squeezed out of my corners…”
Join Adrian and Esther for an intimate hour’s conversation on Adrian’s latest piece for Meanjin: their deeply personal, lyrical memoir piece ‘Love is worship’.
Adrian Mouhajer is a Lebanese writer and editor from Western Sydney. Their work can be found in various publications including Povo and Emergence. Adrian edited Stories Out West, an anthology centring LGBTQIA+ First Nations and CALD writers.
Esther Anatolitis, Editor of Meanjin, is one of Australia’s most influential advocates for arts and culture. With two decades in creative and media leadership, she is a highly respected champion of artists’ voices.
This season Meanjin writers reveal to us the institutional (and constitutional) framings that can skew our perspectives in invisible ways.
Free, but bookings are essential.
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