tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892304580675930688.post857947997368584089..comments2023-04-12T02:28:39.296-07:00Comments on Galatea Resurrects #12 (A Poetry Engagement): 237 MORE REASONS TO HAVE SEX by DENISE DUHAMEL & SANDY MCINTOSHUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892304580675930688.post-88562622063655096262009-05-21T11:16:28.874-07:002009-05-21T11:16:28.874-07:00The following is posted on behalf of Alice Denham ...The following is posted on behalf of Alice Denham (a former Playboy Playmate) who says about "237 Reasons..." <br /> <br />Sex?<br />Why didn't I think of that?<br />Juicy squishy brilliant fun.<br /><br />--Alice Denham, Author of<br />"Sleeping with Bad Boys..."na https://www.blogger.com/profile/07180242483814858760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892304580675930688.post-76977761406459742122009-05-21T11:14:46.879-07:002009-05-21T11:14:46.879-07:00The following is posted on behalf of the book's co...The following is posted on behalf of the book's co-authors:<br /><br />THE AUTHORS OF 237 MORE REASONS TO HAVE SEX RESPOND:<br /><br />In deference to Dr. Fink's precise, apposite insights into what is going on behind the scenes in their work, and in order to fend off any inadvertent spread of Lacanthropy--a kind of psychoanalytic werewolfism currently pervading intellectual Europe--the authors would like to add their highly subjective notes on the chapbook's composition.<br /> <br />Sandy McIntosh: “When I saw the article on Dr. Cindy Meston’s study in The New York Times, I immediately sent Denise a copy. She confirmed my intuition that we should complete the research by adding 237 more reasons of our own. For two weeks we emailed lines to each other, back and forth from her home in Florida to mine in New York. We worked odd hours as befits a project of this nature—evenings, early mornings, in the middle of the night. My wife Barbara watched much of this from her living room chair, reporting (although I have no memory of this) that I drooled, leered and panted my way through the composition, appearing to her at the end as if demented.”<br /><br />Denise Duhamel: “After Sandy sent me the study, the idea of writing a poem based on the material was just too good to pass up. Sandy and I had both written poems that were numbered lists, and the specificity of ‘237’ was alluring. I ‘flirted’ with the idea, suggesting a poem, not sure if Sandy would take me up on it. When I sent a line and he sent one back, I knew it would be a whirlwind. I wrote my half of the lines when I should have been grading papers, dusting, filling out grant applications. I became obsessed about when the next line would come. Sometimes Sandy or I wrote two lines instead of one, unable to contain ourselves. It was one of the most fun writing experiences of my life.”na https://www.blogger.com/profile/07180242483814858760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-892304580675930688.post-20646871752753543172009-05-21T11:12:06.011-07:002009-05-21T11:12:06.011-07:00Another view is offered by Kristin Berkey-Abbott e...Another view is offered by Kristin Berkey-Abbott elsewhere in this GR #12 issue at<br /><br />http://galatearesurrection12.blogspot.com/2009/05/237-more-reasons-to-have-sex-by-denise.htmlna https://www.blogger.com/profile/07180242483814858760noreply@blogger.com