XO

Sara Rauch, Schools of Public Engagement '03

As she begins an MFA in Fiction program, Sara Rauch is involved in a long-term committed relationship with another woman but finds herself pulled into an intense affair with a married man, a well-known writer in the program.

More than an essay about infidelity and the resulting heartbreak, XO presents Rauch's story like a map of psychic terrain, allowing the author to explore her long-standing obsession with romantic love, faith and belief systems, and the stories we tell ourselves to get through our ever-changing lives.

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