On Tragedy and Strength: Making Space for Our Stories
I love that—working towards not having regret, in art and in life.
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Posts Tagged: marie calloway
“A Sex Work Testament from Someone Outside the Movement”
Emotions tend to run high around controversial confessional writer Marie Calloway’s blunt descriptions of sex, but few have discussed her exploration of sex work. Enter sex-worker blog Tits & Sass, where two editors had a conversation about the feelings of recognition (and, sometimes, second-hand embarrassment) they had while reading about Calloway’s adventures as a “newbie hooker.” […]
...more“I’m Totally Powerless in the Face of Men”
23-year-old Marie Calloway, a Rumpus interviewee and Letters in the Mail contributor, became an Internet sensation in late 2011 with “Adrien Brody,” her account of meeting and having a brief love affair with a writer nearly twice her age.
...morePublishing Via Google Docs
At HTML Giant, Blake Butler reflects on Marie Calloway’s Google doc pieces: “They are surprising and create a feeling that seems like a secret private virus or a window. There are people in the world.” Here’s our interview with Calloway.
...moreThe Rumpus Interview with Momus
Since the early 1980’s, the 51 year old Scottish musician/writer/provocateur Nicholas Currie, better known as Momus, has been releasing music (his latest album, Hypnoprism, was his 18th) to varying levels of critical and commercial success. Since the 1990’s, he has been blogging in various forms, most notably on his old LiveJournal called Click Opera, which […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Marie Calloway
In late November Marie Calloway, a twenty-one year old college student, published on her blog a long essay about sleeping with a writer twice her age.
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