‘Bed and Breakup’: A Q&A with writer Susie Dumond ahead of Six Bridges Book Festival

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Truthfully, I delayed writing a queer romance set in Arkansas for a few years because of my complicated feelings about growing up queer in Little Rock. If touching the lives of those Arkansas readers is the most success I ever achieve with my writing, it’s more than enough. “Bed and Breakup” by Susie DumondHow did you decide to set “Bed and Breakup” in Eureka Springs? When I sat down to write a queer romance set in Arkansas, it simply had to be Eureka Springs. Writing “Bed and Breakup” kind of became my own second-chance romance with my home state.