Suzanne Rivecca

"It occurs to you that the soul is just another body–only sheerer and with fewer points of entrance or exit–and yours has tiptoed, giddily impish as a truant, away from the flesh puppet. You expected it to hurt more than this, or at least to be accompanied by a ripping sound." 

"It Sounds Like You're Feeling"
Suzanne Rivecca

I'm reading Death is Not an Option, Suzanne Rivecca's 2010 story collection. Rachel and I stopped by Changing Hands on Independent Bookstore Day. It's been a while since I've spent so long in a bookstore or been in one at all, which, how did that happen? I'm annoyed. But, whatever, time is a slippery slug, and sometimes that happens. Sometimes you eat too much takeout and there's a dog at home who needs to pee so you can't go to The Strand after work. 

I didn't realize that Rivecca also wrote "What Men Talk About When They Talk About Mary Gaitskill" which I remember reading on The Rumpus a few years ago. The essay eventually made me pick up Bad Behavior. I hadn't read any Gaitskill at that point, and now she's one of my favorite writers. (Sam is reading Rivecca's essay now, and he just cracked up laughing. "She's so funny!" he said, and then he read me her line about ice dildos. So. Yeah, she's great.) 

It goes without saying, but–it's real nice to be back in Phoenix.