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Four Mammals Contemplating Sex
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is the author of seven books, most recently A Hologram for the King. He is founder and editor of McSweeney's, an independent publisher based in San Francisco, and co-founder of 826 Valencia, a non-profit writing and tutoring centre for youth.
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‘We decided then to tell each other exactly how a typical fuck played out in our marriages. We couldn’t believe we’d never done this before.’
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‘Whatever porn is or is not, like dance it is rooted in the body.’
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from the knotweed sonnets
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‘sometimes I need / the sound of something pulled up from the roots / and tossed aside’
