An anthology of true stories about sex, edited by Melissa Gira Grant and Meaghan O’Connell.
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“Truth is replaced by falsity, the false claim that the dominant culture writer does not have profound structural advantages replaces the truth that being out in one’s work, sexually honest, and truthful about the lived homosexual experience guarantees that one’s work will never be seen for its actual merit. The gentrified mind becomes unable to see lived experience because it is being bombarded by false stories. Even we, the practitioners, cannot understand the truthful positioning of our literature. In short, to be acceptable, literature cannot be sexually authentic. And, even though this is a requirement for approval, we look at the highly conditional and restricted approval as a sign of success instead of the failure that it actually is.”
The Gentrification of the Mind by Sarah Schulman(Source: emilygould)
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This is so beautiful and relevant to current events.
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Ludo: “It’s exciting to have confirmation that I am not alone in these feelings. Somewhere, a Pomeranian is enjoying these very same words and images… aching, laughing, crotch-licking…”
(Ludo reads Coming & Crying)
Hey! You can now get the e-book of Coming & Crying!! And adorable totes that say “I like sex & have feelings” or “I like books & have feelings”!!!
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I finally opened this book since receiving it for my birthday in October. Last night, with my fiance sleeping quietly to my right and our dog snoring as he warmed my feet, I was relieved that I finally had time to read something without having to write an eight page essay in reflection. I really hate nights like this. I haven’t been sleeping well lately and I had hoped to read just enough so that my eyes became heavy and I could regain some control over my sleep schedule. A dream denied. After 35 pages, I realized that it was nearly 4:30 in the morning and this book was much too interesting and revealing and wonderful for me to sleep. I really love nights like this.
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Coming & Crying
(Which you can go get here, now…)
(I know!)It’s true. And a very, very, very small release of the original hardcover edition.
(And that ridiculously sincere totebag, too.)
We did it, kids. And we keep doing it.
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January 25 at Kelly Writers House: Feminism/s presents Melissa Gira Grant and Meaghan O’Connell
January 25, 2012
6pm
Kelly Writers House
3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Join us (Melissa and Meaghan) at Kelly Writers House to talk Coming & Crying, writing, feminism, and ladybiz. There will be a reception and there will be books!ABOUT THE SERIES
Feminism/s is an interdisciplinary series exploring how art, criticism, political action, and community building can create structural and cultural solutions to gender hierarchies. Feminism/s aims to give voice and consideration to the (macro) micro that surround contemporary feminisms in all their pluralities. Feminism/s supports conversation, analysis, philosophy and community connection related to structural and cultural solutions to the gender hierarchy. Feminism/s is a group-curated series supported by the Fund for Feminist Projects at Kelly Writers House.
ABOUT KELLY WRITERS HOUSE
Founded in 1995 by a group of students, faculty, staff and alumni, the Kelly Writers House is an actual 13-room house at 3805 Locust Walk on Penn’s campus that serves as a center for writers of all kinds from Penn and the Philadelphia region at large. The intrepid band of students, faculty and Penn staff who formed the Writers House in the fall of 1995 were committed to a form of literary communitarianism.
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WRU ebook format???
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Three months, two ice storms and one set of roommates later and I finally got my copy of Coming & Crying!
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books I can’t live without:
(To be a good writer you have to read. I don’t care what anyone says. But this list is probably partial and really for this moment because the list changes a lot.)
1. Coming and Crying Edited by Melissa Gira Grant and Meaghan O’Connell
I take it everywhere I go, and when I read it on the train people look at me funny. It’s an amazing compilation of stories, go get the book. And it’s about a lot more than sex.
(Source: cettereliure)
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Look at the surprise I got in the mail today!
Back in November I sent Melissa and Meaghano a letter as per their suggestion because they said:
Dear Internet,
Back in—gulp—FEBRUARY we were in the middle of Kickstartering and raising money and had little to no idea of the realities of the post office, or, to be fair, the realities of how wonderful making a book and talking to you would be. But back in February as we were asking you for money we felt a little weird about it, when we thought about it too much. What we wanted was for people who wanted the book to have the book. We may have said “needed” as in, “we need this book,” because when making something from nothing, telling yourself, “this needs to exist,” is often the only reassurance that offers real consolation.
This evening I got home, peeled off all of my winter layers and slowly unwrapped my package, hoping it was a copy of Coming & Crying. All I did was mail them a letter and they sent this to me for free! There is even a handwritten note inside that put the biggest smile on my face. I am too excited to even read the book right now, just hold it and marvel that it is in my hands.
