I'm living the life I love, I tell myself, and loving the life I live. I tell myself: I deserved this.
This is exactly what I wanted.

“Just for the record, waking up on drugs with your pubic hair shaved and somethi…”

“My hips bristle with totems and talismans, proof that I am not simply a charact…”

“Where I'm at is a big Episcopal church in downtown Newark, New Jersey, sitting …”

“And sometimes being mutilated can work to your advantage. All those people now …”