As I Stand Living

Synopsis

In His Radical Memoir, As I Stand Living, Christopher Higgs Uses The Constraint Based Techniques William Faulkner Employed For The Construction Of As I Lay Dying To Create A Deeply Personal And Philosophical Portrait Of The Year He Became A Father. Blending Elements Of Fantasy And Confession, Higgs Confronts Parenthood By Divulging His Most Intimate Fears, Secrets, Sorrows, And Hopes As A Writer, Husband, And Teacher. A Methodically Composed And Paradoxical Blend Of Inextricably Vulnerable Emotion And Objective Fascination, As I Stand Living Renders Visible The Tension Between Mediation And Transparency When Attempting To Represent, Capture, And Convey A Lived Experience On The Cusp Of Its Future.