With his big cloud of black hair standing straight up, the gleam in his bright eyes, and the fluidity of his body as he speaks, it’s easy to be intrigued by Kennesaw State assistant professor of creative writing Garrard Conley. It’s easier still to be entranced by how candidly he speaks about religion, sexuality, activism, and why he asks his students to write with compassion even about the most flawed human beings.
Conley is the author of “Boy Erased,” a 2016 Lambda-nominated memoir. It tells the story of a closeted gay son of religious parents being forced into conversion therapy.
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