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12:18 pm • 14 April 2013 • 28,779 notes

“Drizzle or downpour. Torrential showers or light dew. Bipolar weather conditions coinciding with their mood. But who could blame them for any hint of bitterness? They rode the crest of waves and were diminished directly to foam. They do their best to deal with unresolved feelings. On good days, raindrops trickle down upon skin like infant laughter. Goosebumps develop like a delightful Morse code reply.”

— NEW STORIES POSTED! “The Magicians’ Sons” & “Extra” & ”The Men who make it Rain” by Daniel Romo. WhiskeyPaper, April 2013.

12:14 pm • 14 April 2013 • 2 notes

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10:46 am • 12 April 2013 • 258 notes

brightlywound:

Uses For Boys isn’t a cozy YA romance and I don’t even know if there are any real answers in here for the big questions about teenage-girl loneliness and teenage-girl sexuality and teenage-girlishness, but I don’t think Scheidt is trying to give us answers. I think she’s opening a teenage-girl’s diary, flipping through and showing us a sad heartbreaker mixtape playlist amidst the blank pages. We also find a pair of worn-out Converse sneakers, a couple expertly-rolled joints, some sticky-pink lipgloss kiss prints, some handwritten loveletters from a boy. Scheidt is sitting next to us with this book in her lap, flipping and flipping through the pages, showing us things. She’s simply pointing and saying look. Look at this.

_I review The YA novel Uses For Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt over @ The Female Gaze.

5:44 pm • 11 April 2013 • 27 notes