There is no such thing as a natural fit between form and content. Seamless elegance would be tantamount to erasure. Stacey D'Erasmo contenteleganceerasure Change image and share on social
'The Girls' tells the story of Rose and Ruby Darlen, who are not only literally but spiritually attached for eternity. Born joined at the head in 1974 to a feckless teenage mother who abandons them, and reared by a delightfully open-minded adoptive couple, the Darlen girls are darling girls, indeed. Stacey D'Erasmo abandonadoptiveattach share on social
Reading 'The Third Sex' feels a bit like flying in a veering helicopter over a rain forest that is disappearing before one's eyes. Stacey D'Erasmo bitedisappeareye Change image and share on social
The deeper changes wrought by the end of a particular outlaw culture: something will come of that ... and it won't be what we expect. Stacey D'Erasmo culturedeepend Change image and share on social
Fiction, at its best, is a radical act of intimacy. It seeks to join, to merge, to know deeply; and, as with intimacy, there is a way in which it cannot be faked. Stacey D'Erasmo actdeeplyfake Change image and share on social
The second time is the one we remember, where memory begins. Putting the moments in order is only half the story. What matters is the weight of the moments as they accumulate. Stacey D'Erasmo accumulatebeginhalf Change image and share on social
The knot of intimacy at the center of 'Ten Thousand Saints' is the friendship between Teddy McNicholas and Jude Keffy-Horn. Stacey D'Erasmo centerfriendshiphorn Change image and share on social
A touring band is a family and a workplace at the same time, and you're living with people you didn't necessarily choose every day for up to a year. Stacey D'Erasmo bandchooseday Change image and share on social
If we are indeed nostalgic for the weight of clock time, it is worth remembering that the standardized time that most of us know has only been around since the mid-nineteenth century. It was invented for the railroads. Stacey D'Erasmo centuryclockinvent share on social
Emotional grandeur, rendered in the vernacular, has been Mona Simpson's forte. In her novels, 'Anywhere but Here,' 'The Lost Father' and 'A Regular Guy,' Simpson wrote wide and long and high about the most profound human bonds: parents and children lost each other, found each other, lost each other again, but differently. Stacey D'Erasmo bondchilddifferently share on social