Why is a desire for sex still a negative attribute for women?
I think the pendulum may have swung back since I was twenty-four, because when I was that age, a desire for sex seemed obligatory. No, what I’m trying to say is the way you write about sex in your memoir and in your poetry I find refreshing. Well, thank you. I just try to be accurate. Speaking of clich, how do you feel about memoir in general? Memoir in general? A memoir is a personal narrative, but I don’t think that’s what you mean. You’re talking about the marketing category, right? I don’t think those matter outside the realm of buying and selling. At the same time, we also need labels. Do we? I’m told that in Germany, for instance, there are pretty much only two marketing categories: Literature and Other, which means train schedules and so on. We need to be able to talk to each other about books. When I tell people about your memoir I usually say it’s like poetry. Well, that will make it appealing to some, but not to others. I dream of a time when books can just be books, where yo
