As lightly toned by reality as the women on 'Sex and the City,' the bold, soigne characters on 'The L Word' suggest that L is also for limerence, that rapturous state of early love when the entire world is glowing and delectable. Stacey D'Erasmo boldcharactercity share on social
As readers, we sense when the game is being played for real and when something else is afoot: pride, showmanship, the pursuit of power, self-aggrandizement, revenge, making money. Not that there's anything wrong with any of that, but I dislike closing a book with the sense that I've been had. Stacey D'Erasmo afootaggrandizementbook share on social
Of course, a secret is no good if it doesn't need to be a secret. Stacey D'Erasmo goodsecret Change image and share on social
What interests me are the complexities and contradictions and struggles and joys of messy human beings. Stacey D'Erasmo beingcomplexitycontradiction Change image and share on social
Fiction, at its best, is a radical act of intimacy. It seeks to join, to merge, to know deeply; and, as with intimacy, there is a way in which it cannot be faked. Stacey D'Erasmo actdeeplyfake Change image and share on social
While 'A Blessed Child' might have been a more tough-minded book had Ullmann thrown a spanner into the works, it's not hard to understand her decision to keep things going. Stacey D'Erasmo blessbookchild Change image and share on social
In my family, we were on again off again Unitarians, partly because my father, raised Roman Catholic, had had enough of church. Stacey D'Erasmo catholicchurchfamily Change image and share on social
There are more clocks than ever - clocks on computers, on cell phones, on televisions, on any screen available, telling time to the digital second - but they all seem to matter less. Stacey D'Erasmo cellclockcomputer Change image and share on social
Visibility is a tricky thing; is someone visible when you can point her out in a crowd, or when you understand what her life feels like to her? Stacey D'Erasmo crowdfeltlife Change image and share on social
You can conclude from the glossy surfaces of 'The L Word' that L stands for latte or Lexus and stop there. Or you can notice that in some of its less flashy moments, the show has staked a claim on Large - as in a larger, denser, more ambivalent imaginary world, populated by imperfect and riveting citizens of all sexual stripes. Stacey D'Erasmo ambivalentcitizenclaim share on social