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The Many Mouths of Desire

writing with pseudonyms and alter egos

On Pseudonyms, Alter Egos, and Writing with More Than One Name Writing with Pseudonyms and Alter Egos. There is no one body I write from. There never was. Only shifting skins, cracked mirrors, and the sweet ache of truth made…

Writing Through Emotional Grief

Writing Through Emotional Grief

The Chapter That Sat in my Throat There are chapters you write with your hands.And then there are chapters that write you. Chapter Three of Yours, Theirs, Still—“Dusted Paint and Come”—was the latter. It wasn’t the most explicit. It didn’t…

Writing Sex That Means Something

Writing Sex That Means Something | Rowan Thornwell

Desire as Revelation There’s a quiet ache that lives inside all of us—some call it longing, some call it shame. I write toward that ache. When I write sex, I’m not interested in choreography. Not really. Where the hand goes,…