:: about / faq ::
i'm lauren, a writer/editor living in manhattan with a husband (joe), two cats (chuck and steve), and the occasional cockroach. i have also been a PR coordinator, a veterinary pharmacist, an english major, and runner-up for both Best Dressed and Worst Driver.
i've tried to design the site without bells and whistles; current posts appear at left until they're sucked into monthly archives (bottom right); the first list of links is friends' sites and the second is admired others.
Q. why 'kidchamp'?
that was a short-lived variation of champ, which is how joe usually addresses me. i was hoping for a dainty couple name like honey or princess flamethrower, but i'm glad to have dodged lover and babe. those give me the creeps.
Q. if you're going to be a great poet, which 5-7 existing poems are the ones to beat?
i'm not of the sylvia plath, "out-roethke roethke" school; that said, i would consider myself a fine young lady indeed if i topped "praying drunk" (andrew hudgins), "listen!" (vladimir mayakovsky), "the tender place" (ted hughes), or "falling" (james dickey) - those are the first that come to mind. gut-socking is too frequently trite, but it's awfully important.
Q. what is your favorite pair of pants?
the black marc by marc skinny jeans i found online for $70.
Q. beatles or stones?
stones all the way. i don't mind the beatles, but in the final analysis i find john lennon hopelessly dippy. want more? write cuttlefish[at]gmail[dot]com.
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and you will know us by the stuff we've read (the recent dozen):
dark places (gillian flynn) :: let the great world spin (colum mccann) :: the spellmans strike again (lisa lutz) :: gun, with occasional music (jonathan lethem) :: sense and sensibility and sea monsters (jane austen and ben h. winters) :: chronic city (jonathan lethem) :: why buffy matters: the art of buffy the vampire slayer (rhonda wilcox) :: the simple art of murder (raymond chandler) :: pride and prejudice and zombies: dawn of the dreadfuls (steve hockensmith) :: committed (elizabeth gilbert) :: black postcards (dean wareham) :: the last will of moira leahy (therese walsh)
{friends}
bassett dispatch blague changelog east side bride elena mauli shapiro enjelani first milk furiousmuse heart of light hope sets sail iiiii inevitable backlash ~jmk lacunae metameat moonchacha pica pica nuttalli a practical wedding proleptic pseudopodium slithy tove we are beginning our descent with an i wobblebox
{regular reads}
bluishorange bright side project brooklyn vegan design*sponge go fug yourself how to learn swedish not eating out in new york online etymology dictionary plastic animal a day practice space sweet juniper! tomato nation


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