February 2012
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January 2012
“Besides, no man wants to be stuck with a lady writer. They’re liabilities....”
– _Erica Jong, Fear of Flying.
THE RUMPUS: "The Throwaways." An essay by Melissa... →
“I was born nice as hell. I was born so damn sweet. I could never get mad. I could never get in trouble. Good good good. I curtsied. I studied hard. I said my prayers. I finished my food. If I went to your mom’s house I’d make her love me. I was born with an invisible locket around my neck. Only half of a heart. The right half. The half that said, “BE.” Everyone else had the “MINE.””
“Fiction is like a spider’s web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but...”
– _Virginia Woolf.
