Hello. I'm 5'8, my husband is 5'5. He is broad-shouldered, exceedingly masculine and actually about twice my width, blond, with a viking-beard. My attraction to him has always been intense - when we first met I was overwhelmed. I had never felt such an undeniable, physical longing for another human being. I actually…

Is that a plunger?

Heh, I have a scar like that in the same location, but mine is the result of being stabbed with a shiv. The bad news: it shows when I wear a sweetheart neckline. The good news: when rude people ask about it I can shut them down pretty quickly.
I don't usually like tattoos, but hers is very nice. Quite tasteful.

A local of where? Africa is a huge continent, there are thousands of cultures there. Taking one picture of one woman and juxtaposing it among a plethora of animals implies that she IS an animal. If you can't see that, you are a racist.

Then why was Africa represented by one woman in tribal gear and a whole lot of animals? It's a continent. There are thousands of cultures there. The context implied that she was one of the animals. If you can't see that, sorry, but you are a racist.

Let me guess - you're a white male.

Does anyone else find it problematic that in the opening the image of a black woman was stuck in among pictures that were exclusively of animals? Context is king...

I was looking for one on my computer and I hadn't any luck. My last laptop died and while I was able to recover a lot of material, I havent transferred it yet. Blerg. I'll keep looking.

We rescued a keeshond from a puppymill (my dad was the person that the local shelters called when they had adoptable dogs that were going to be put down), this little guy had fused hind legs, two rows of teeth, and was totally blind. We couldn't afford the surgery to remove his rear legs, so he hopped around. We…

Does this mean that we can no longer google anonymously?

Out of the three Madaddam books, which was your favorite character to 'inhabit' while writing? I would ask the same question for your fiction in general...

Sipping, she recognized her brother's scent.

I will do that! Thanks.

I would very much like to tell you all about an important project currently being released by Michelle McGrane, a South African poet and editor of the wonderful online journal Peony Moon. The project is calledAgainst Rape and she founded it after witnessing the treatment of a friend's victimized adolescent daughter.…

1) I love giraffes. I love their black tongues.

2) Now that I have bowed to the topic at hand, I have a question. I would very much like to tell you all about an important project currently being released by Michelle McGrane, a South African poet and editor of the wonderful online journal Peony Moon. The project is…

My sister started puberty at about 8- they put her on hormones to hold it off because they were worried that 1) a child that young might be psychologically damaged by an early puberty and 2) she would stop growing. She stopped growing anyway. She is four feet, eight inches tall.

I started puberty at 17 and got my…

Well, this is one of my favorite books published in the last ten-odd years. Since it was written by an author who is primarily a poet every sentence is exquisitely crafted; the writing is as subtle, brutal, and phenomenal as the plot. I particularly loved the characterizations of Jimmy and Crake- their dynamic was…

Why do you have a picture of Moses heading an article on Greek Mythology?

Insects. Crickets. Ants. Delicious, delicious fried locusts. Most of the (non-western) world eats them, they have a much smaller carbon footprint than cattle. It's a lot less cruel to eat something that doesn't mind being raised in cramp and squalor (especially when the maturation rate is so fast) than it is to eat…

I think we might have had the same boss. Or at least similar situations. The pain of having a great (awful) story that could wound your career if you talk about it publicly. Sigh.