2022: MacArthur Park

JUDITH FREEMAN’s moving fifth novel takes place in the MacArthur Park section of Los Angeles—a scrappy, diverse section of the city she clearly knows and loves. It is the story of the lifelong friendship between two creative women whose relationship grows more intense when one marries the other’s ex-husband. A gifted memoirist and nonfiction writer as well, Freeman will talk about her novel, about the different storytelling forms she chooses, and about the complex, emotional terrain of female friendships.