Comments on: Dirty or Clean? http://therumpus.net/2012/12/108413/ Books, Music, Movies, Art, Politics, Sex, Other Wed, 22 May 2013 02:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: James http://therumpus.net/2012/12/108413/comment-page-1/#comment-438394 James Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:24:20 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=108413#comment-438394 Do we expect too much from others? Keeping things simple. Seeing true love in the eyes of others is all we need.

]]> By: rachel http://therumpus.net/2012/12/108413/comment-page-1/#comment-408158 rachel Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:38:49 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=108413#comment-408158 damn. i read a lot of anecdotal writing….but your strong, descriptive voice combined with your excellent, intelligent writing style is so so appreciated.

]]> By: Christy Shake http://therumpus.net/2012/12/108413/comment-page-1/#comment-376983 Christy Shake Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:54:55 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=108413#comment-376983 emily, i love this. to be seen and heard as we are, in our whites or our darks, dirty or clean. so right.

]]> By: Connie http://therumpus.net/2012/12/108413/comment-page-1/#comment-376321 Connie Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:51:21 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=108413#comment-376321 Remain so impressed by your ability to share with such honesty as well as live with such grief and yet, hope.

]]> By: Louise http://therumpus.net/2012/12/108413/comment-page-1/#comment-373837 Louise Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:21:30 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=108413#comment-373837 Wow…

]]> By: Anne http://therumpus.net/2012/12/108413/comment-page-1/#comment-373141 Anne Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:46:29 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=108413#comment-373141 This essay is hauntingly beautiful. Thank you for this. My thoughts are with you.

]]> By: Karen http://therumpus.net/2012/12/108413/comment-page-1/#comment-372545 Karen Sun, 09 Dec 2012 04:36:53 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=108413#comment-372545 This is gorgeous and made me cry for you (and with you). I’m sorry about Ronan and about everything. The thing that resonates the most is your closing sentence: We all just want to be gotten. That’s all there is. To get someone and have them get you. All the other trappings mean nothing. I try to explain this to people and no one seems to have understood what I meant. I think you say it better.

]]> By: Dani http://therumpus.net/2012/12/108413/comment-page-1/#comment-371675 Dani Thu, 06 Dec 2012 07:35:54 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=108413#comment-371675 I lost my dad who was the love of my life..I thank you for your beautiful words because I don’t feel so alone right now

]]> By: Janelle http://therumpus.net/2012/12/108413/comment-page-1/#comment-371585 Janelle Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:29:00 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=108413#comment-371585 Thank you for writing this piece in the midst of what, at times, must feel unendurable. My son died a few months ago, and your essay is the only thing I have read since losing him that really goes there, to that place that cannot be described. Somehow you manage to illuminate it.

I am so sorry for what you and Ronan are going through. I will hold you both in my thoughts.

]]> By: David http://therumpus.net/2012/12/108413/comment-page-1/#comment-371576 David Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:21:50 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=108413#comment-371576 Dear Emily – we may never meet and I have no words that could ever possibly change the way that you feel. Know this – you are loved for these words. I would hold you tight. All these people would. Kyrie Eleison.

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