TLRH | The Hublic Sphere | Narrating millennial disconnect with Lucy Sweeney Byrne

Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts · Oct 14, 2021 · 32m

Recorded October 14, 2021. In this first episode of season two, we discuss Lucy Sweeney Byrne’s debut short story collection, Paris Syndrome (2019), and widen the conversation to touch on how ‘Paris syndrome’ as a concept speaks to feelings of millennial disconnection in a globalised world, particularly for young women. We also widen the conversation, examining the parallels between autofiction and internet culture, and delve into the theme of connection as it pertains to public constructions the literary sphere. Lucy troubles the idea of ‘the canon’ as an unproblematic connective concept…