Join us at H&H Books on Tuesday 4/15 at 7 PM as we welcome author & editor Jeremy Gordon and musician & poet Sadie Dupuis to discuss Jeremy’s debut novel, SEE FRIENDSHIP.
SEE FRIENDSHIP centers on a culture critic named Jacob who becomes obsessed with the idea of producing a podcast in an effort to dodge the layoffs plaguing the digital media industrial complex. He settles on investigating the tragic & mysterious death of his high school classmate, Seth. What begins as a work project becomes an obsession set at the foggy intersection of high school memory, the inevitability of grief, and existential inquiry.
"It's rare to find a novel about the internet that's as enthralling as my iPhone–not to mention one that is this funny, confident, and genuinely moving.” - Lauren Oyler
“At once a love story of friendship and a picaresque page-turner for the podcast generation, the novel is refreshingly humane in its portrait of the ongoing mystery of loss.” - Isle McElroy
“A smart and rueful debut that offers a sly critique of the podcast industry and how some shows treat real humans as characters and their pain and insight as mere content.” - Library Journal
You can read the first chapter of SEE FRIENDSHIP at the Cleveland Review of Books.
We’ll have copies of the novel for sale at H&H Books on the evening of the event, which Jeremy will sign after our discussion. (We’ll have copies of Sadie’s poetry collection Cry Perfume for sale, too.)
Registration on Eventbrite is free & highly recommended.
Questions? Email events@theheadandthehand.com.
About the Author:
Jeremy Gordon's debut novel, See Friendship, was published in March 2025. He works as a senior editor on the culture desk at The Atlantic, and his writing has previously appeared in the New York Times, the Nation, and GQ. You can find him on Instagram @jeremypgordon.
Sadie Dupuisis the guitarist, songwriter & singer of rock band Speedy Ortiz, as well as the producer & multi-instrumentalist behind pop project Sad13. Sadie heads the record label Wax Nine, edits its poetry journal, and is a regular contributor to Spin, Tape Op, Talkhouse, and more. She holds an MFA in poetry from UMass Amherst, where she also taught writing. Mouthguard, her first book, was published in 2018 (Gramma); Cry Perfume, a second poetry collection, was released in 2022 (Black Ocean). She is an organizer with United Musicians & Allied Workers and its local UMAW Philly. You can find her on Instagram @sad13.