The Devil’s Face

• Story: Katie Farris
• Image: Nick Cocozza
• Category: Fiction

Shame, sex and the desire to please.

10.25

Rumpus: Is this interview being monitored right now? Potter: Maybe. The more important question: Is that going to stop us? - Activist Will Potter interviewed at The Rumpus.

09.30

“(C)ourage is vital piece of any well-lived life.” – Sugar on body image at The Rumpus.

09.29

“I admire the force of your stream.” – Wells Tower at NYR Blog

09.07

The spot was haloed red around the edges and charred in the center, about the size of a stubbed-out cigarette because it in fact was the designated location where her man could stub out his cigarette while they were making dog-style sex, and thinking of it from kind of a convenience aspect it was a sweet thing for her to allow and because it was so scarred up she couldn’t feel a new smoke stubbed out, and in that way it was the perfect display of love. – Amelia Gray at Toad

08.26

One day somewhere in the world something terrible will happen and for once we will heed the ruins. We will begin collectively to take responsibility for the world we’re creating. Call me foolishly utopian, but I sincerely believe this will happen. I do. I just wonder how many millions of people will perish before it does. – Junot Díaz at Boston Review