AWW25: The Stage of the Self - Julia Baird, Geraldine Brooks, and Rachel Kushner

With David Marr.

Despite the promise that we were “all in it together”, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a flight from sociability: life no longer lived in any collective sense but as atomised individuals and a retreat to interiority in the name of self-care and safety. While escape from social life may have been a relief for some, has it exacerbated a neoliberal culture of hyper-individualism, narcissism and alienation? Julia Baird, Geraldine Brooks and Rachel Kushner join a discussion chaired by Late Night Live’s David Marr.

Event details:

Sun 02 Mar, 9:30am | East Stage