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Dec 21
Ruth is this week’s Jauntsetter of the Week! Re Chicago: “everything is about 20% cheaper than it is in New York.  And everyone on the street is 20% nicer.”  I would also venture that dudes there are 20% cuter and 100% humbler about it, but I’ve spent all of 3 days there in my life so my theories may not hold water. Also if you sign up for Jauntsetter’s email newsletter this week, you will automatically be entered to win an Emily Books subscription for yourself or to give to a friend. For extra chances to win, leave a comment about your favorite travel reads on this blog post.

Ruth is this week’s Jauntsetter of the Week! Re Chicago: “everything is about 20% cheaper than it is in New York.  And everyone on the street is 20% nicer.”  I would also venture that dudes there are 20% cuter and 100% humbler about it, but I’ve spent all of 3 days there in my life so my theories may not hold water.

Also if you sign up for Jauntsetter’s email newsletter this week, you will automatically be entered to win an Emily Books subscription for yourself or to give to a friend. For extra chances to win, leave a comment about your favorite travel reads on this blog post.
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Dec 20

On Glamour

by Ruth Curry

“You had better STOP that SHIT.  You don’t know THE STREET.  They will eat you alive.  You think you’re going to get away with THAT SHIT? Do you know what’s going to happen to you? You’re going to get FUCKED UP THE ASS. Let me tell you something before you let some man fuck you up the ass:  You make sure he LOVES YOU.” –  Emily Carter, “The Bride,” Glory Goes and Gets Some

The first time I read this I was twenty-one years old.  I was an intern at a small press in Minneapolis, and reading this story collection was one of my first assignments there.  It had just been published.  Chris, the editor-in-chief, wanted me to get a feel for the kind of books Coffee House did.  In this passage, a random barback lectures the protagonist Glory— a nice Upper East Side Jewish girl and a heroin addict—about the things she’s doing to feed her addiction.

I was shocked by these lines in the way only a nice Midwestern girl raised by fundamentalist Christian parents could be.  I had landed this internship in part because I was as clean-cut, as punctual, as good-spirited and enthusiastic, as high-achieving as they come.  I had been a Bible Quiz champion, for god’s sake. I mean, my friends and I joked about my Illinois State Bible Quiz Champion crown while too underagedly-drunk to stand, but still. Fucked up the ASS? 

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