Literary BFFs (or frenemies)

Support & rivalry in women writers’ friendships

When it comes to friendships between writers, common strivings and struggles have always benefited from mutual support. Some rivalry is often involved, though, since writers can be an competitive lot. 

This type of camaraderie has always had its delights as well as complications — no matter the pairing or the writers' genders (think: Hemingway and Fitzge…