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lawrence on hawthorne
In the first place, Adam knew Eve as a wild animal knows its mate, momentaneously, but vitally, in blood-knowledge. Blood-knowledge, not mind-knowledge. Blood-knowledge, that seems utterly to forget, but doesn't. Blood-knowledge, instinct, intuition, all the vast vital flux of knowing that goes on in the dark, antecedent to the mind.
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holed up in the back bedroom, windows flung open. i sweat through my jeans, sweat my way into a deep deep sleep. ten hours later, wake: cat pawing my face, phone ringing off the hook. hello? my sister with news of her engagement. you forgot to say congratulations. the phone rings and rings. i stagger down the hall to stand, half-naked, before the ( Read more... ) -
moby-dick, 2
"As the strongest literary force Shakespeare caused Melville to approach tragedy in terms of drama. As the strongest social force America caused him to approach tragedy in terms of democracy.
It was not difficult for Melville to reconcile the two. Because of his perception of America: Ahab.
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I HAVE DEVOTED MY LIFE TO THE CLITORIS
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when i read kathy acker, i thought of my sister
“i want to fuck fuck fuck”
when asked for a rough estimate of how many men i’d slept with, my friends guessed 25. i was twenty, a virgin.
fact i can’t get past: why she slept with him the second time.
‘feminism can be empowered by seduction’
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"I think that if a woman is gifted and she’s attractive she’s going to have a great time on earth. Why would she want to be anything else? I don’t think of myself as a strong woman. I never even heard that word about me until recently. I always thought that bluntly I was a glamorous goddamn exciting woman. I didn’t want to be strong at anything. I ( Read more... )
