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Elissa Wald

Elissa Wald is the author of “Meeting The Master: Stories of Mastery, Slavery and the Darker Side of Desire” (Grove Press), and a novel, “Holding Fire: A Love Story” (Context Books). Her work has also been published in several journals and anthologies, including Beacon Best of 2001, Creative Nonfiction, The Barcelona Review, The Mammoth Book of Erotica, Nerve: Literate Smut, The Ex-Files: New Stories about Old Flames, and Brain, Child Magazine.
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    Elissa Wald

    The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Madison Young

    “That is why the feminist porn movement is so critical. It’s not just about changing the way in which porn is made but also advocating for love of our own bodies, advocating for love of our own desires, and our…

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    Sunday Rumpus Fiction: Real Men

    My husband Joe is someone who turns on the television when he comes into the house and leaves it on as background noise even when he’s not watching it. I am someone who wouldn’t have a TV at all, if I…

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    Night Shifts

    When I was a very young woman, I was enthralled by two promises, neither of which involved me. I heard the first at the wedding of a friend. She and her husband-to-be had written their own vows and they read…