Alysia Abbott (MFA Creative Writing 03) @thenewschool
Alysia Abbott (MFA Creative Writing 03)  @thenewschool
Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
She shares her experiences writing "Fairyland, A Memoir of My Father." The film adaptation, "Fairyland," debuted at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and had a public release in October 2025. The memoir shares her experiences growing up with a gay, single father in 1970's San Francisco.
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Alysia Abbott (MFA Creative Writing '03)

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