In this lyric anthology, the personal of narrative nonfiction is explored; in particular the topics discussed include gender, relationships, family, trauma, and the interplay of genre and meaning. Taking lead from some of the author’s sources of writerly inspiration: Kathy Acker, Sylvia Plath, Claudia Rankine, Roxane Gay, Candace Bushnell—the author figuratively and literally enters the conversation with these figures via an imagined dinner party.