Tag Archives: Love

Twenty-five Women I Fell in Love With Before I Was Twenty-five

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Sean Beaudoin

A random and possibly embarrassing list of crushes, inane longings, smoldering gazes, and youthful inamoratas. “Deep down, all we really want is to be righteously hated by a woman not even deigning to put effort into her pretense of love.” Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged 25 women, cherie curry, David Bowie, emmylou harris, inger stevens, kim novak, Lauren Bacall, lisa bonet, Love, Lt. Uhura, Lust, lyn collins, Madchen Amick, michele phillips, nico, poison ivy, Sarah Vaughn, senta berger, teen, terri nunn, the bangles, the skinny one from heart, Tippi Hedren, wanda jackson, yma sumac | Leave a comment

Mourning Becomes Leonora: For a German Shepherd

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Jana Martin

She is my walk through Brooklyn, my arm toss in the park, my sit on the stoop, my weekend up in the country, my never alone, my not going to die for such a long time it feels like forever, my Lee. Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Appreciations, Memoir | Tagged animals, canines, death, dogs, german shepherds, Jana Martin, Love, memoir, pets | 13 Comments

Beyond Let’s Dance: Four Great Bowie Songs

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Davis Schneiderman

Davis Schneiderman digs into the crates for a quartet of under-appreciated David Bowie songs. Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged blackstar, David Bowie, heathen, Love, plato, Sunday, Thin White Duke, toni morrison, tribute, wing | Leave a comment

Swashbuckled

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Melissa Holbrook Pierson

Falling in love with a dead man, raising a son, losing a lover… Melissa Holbrook Pierson watches TV with Robin Hood. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged Errol Flynn, Love, Melissa Holbrook Pierson, motherhood, movies | Leave a comment

The Big One

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Ben Tanzer

Ben Tanzer lets it all hang out when discussing the gritty underside of his first true love. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged 70s, Ben Tanzer, charlies angels, fantasy island, farrah fawcett, hardy boys, kate jackson, leif garrett, Love, Lust, magazines, shaun cassidy, SWAT, tiger beat | 2 Comments

Poor Pretty Thing

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Gabriel Mason

Gabriel Mason finds inspiration in the unlikeliest of places: a writers’ conference. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Memoir | Tagged art, beauty, literature, Love, writers, writers conferences | 1 Comment

White Magic

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Patrick Wensink

Cocaine as matchmaker? Patrick Wensink (note not Patrick Bateman) considers the odds. Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Drink | Tagged Apples to Apples, Blow, cocaine, Coke party, Johnny Depp, Love, parties | Leave a comment