MarAug 22PonderingA Quick One Before the Cicadas ReturnI’m going for a quick one before the cicadas return and the worms eat us all. I woke up earlier than anticipated with an unbelievable...
VictoriaAug 8ArtLove in PhillyAs I mentioned in Sunday's Little Deaths and Little Delights, I visited Philly to see my friends Nina and Drew and to attend the...
HailoJul 31DatingOne Bar, 3 DatesThe Mulberry in Nolita, 3 times over I never know if I’m addictive, or if I like routine, or if the answer is somewhere in between. It’s...
AndersonJul 24DatingLOVE (SEX) & LITERATURE #6We are in the sticky depths of the summer now, and half the year has passed us by. What have you done with it? Have you found what you’ve...
AndersonJul 2Pondering(re)COGNITION SUMMER: … Into the Anaxagoric Emerald by Anderson I remember my future now. I am Caribbean royalty and all the big city is my proxy throne. I wear the waves on my back like a...
MarJun 15New YorkAnatomy of an Oyster / Who’s buying my dinner tonight?Dripping sweat from scalp to white lace panty line, it’s barely June and I’m wondering who’s buying my dinner tonight. The summers of my...
HailoJun 9Dating5 Dates, One Week (Again) Hi Literatis. I hope you all have had a wonderful week and weekend. I have had what I like to call a "memory-dense" one. I started using...
AndersonJun 5DatingLOVE, SEX, & LITERATURE #5by Anderson Love, love, love. Venus is in Gemini now and everything is tinted by red-tinged heat. Are you in love? Do you want to be? Are...
MarMar 28ArtIT’S SO EASY TO EMBARRASS YOURSELFObscurity is a skill I’ve learned to both master and abuse in my time as a writer. It was born out of antipathy, necessity, chagrin.
AndersonMar 7DatingLove (Sex) & Literature #3“If two people have an on and off relationship, and one side is still feeling guilty...
AndersonFeb 29DatingLove (Sex) & Literature #2gossip guy - i just started seeing someone (3 weeks in) after i'd sworn off men for a while...
AndersonFeb 23DatingLove (Sex) & Literature #1Welcome to the newest addition to Hot Literati: Love, Sex, & Literature! Here you’ll find semi-regular answers to your deepest and...
HailoAug 16, 2023DatingMr. Vonnegut (& me)I wasn’t allowed to date until I was sixteen. My parents made that very clear starting very young. You know what they say about forbidden...
HailoJul 26, 2023DatingI am afraid to (I will not??) get married and 1 more confessionI am afraid that my outsides don’t match who I am inside. And I am deeply afraid of marriage, I think. Which doesn’t really make sense...
HailoJul 18, 2023DatingWhy you should Never Fake an Orgasm & should Always let your BF CryIt hurts me to even says the word “sex.” I flinch. I remember being forced to say it a lot when I was fangirling over this Princeton...