goodbye, lj

I, 26. We would say, perhaps, of a green pane: it colours the things behind it green, above all the white behind it.

I, 72. One thing was irrefutably clear to Goethe: no lightness can come out of darkness -  just as more and more shadows do not produce light. - This  could be expressed as follows: we may call lilac a reddish-whitish-blue or ( Read more... )

early this spring, i asked california writer and editor christine wertheim to answer a few questions via email about herself as a poet, feminist, and editor. read the entire interview on the lemon hound blog.

EH: Have you always considered yourself to be a “feminist?” If so, has your definition of ‘feminism’ shifted over the years?

CW: Yes, I have ( Read more... )

"I was happy simply to discover that the delicious giddiness I felt at the ineffably soft touch of a stranger's lips, or hand fitting itself over my pubis, could be experienced an indefinite amount of times because the world was full of men predisposed to do just that."

--from The Sex Life of Catherine Millet

September 18, 1996

"I don’t think Wendy’s coffee has such a good taste. This is not to say I don’t like it. I like it very much. Its poor taste keeps my intentions clear; I drink coffee for the enthusiasm-prod, not for the taste. The taste, then, when it is too pleasant, can distract one from what matters most - the deep writhing jolt. Of course, ( Read more... )

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"Me-and my fur coat who is with me-my skin gets all tense with the desire that someone finds me attractive in my fur, and I find him attractive as well. I’m sitting in a cafe-violins are playing, sending a waft of weepy clouds into my head-something’s crying in me-I want to bury my face in my hands to make it less sad. It has to work so hard, ( Read more... )

Not Blessed A Little Story Contest


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new pictures added at coquetry

the first section of I HAVE DEVOTED MY LIFE TO THE CLITORIS can be read in this month's Word Riot.

Word Riot February 2010 Issue:

Interviews: Eckhard Gerdes, Eirik Gumeny, Scott McClanahan and Remembering Jim Shepard.

Book review: Protest! by Steve Finbow, Melissa Mann and Joseph Ridgwell

Prose: Matt Baker, Philip Brunetti, Rae Bryant, Brad ( Read more... )