::kidchamp dot net::

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i'm lauren, a writer/editor living in manhattan with a husband (joe), two cats (chuck and jude), 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.

Q. the weblog review was right about you - what the hell is going on here? why should i care?

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); 'Art vs. lauren' tallies poetry submissions as literary magazines reject and accept them; the samba quote is mick jagger talking about "sympathy for the devil"; the first list of links is friends' sites and the second is admired others.

as to whether or not kidchamp can rock your pants - is that really for me to say?

Q. what about the pensive girl with the afro?

that would be medical clip art of a woman with diabetes thinking about her future. i have neither an afro nor diabetes, but i'm allergic to nickel and can give relatively accurate tarot readings.

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?

as it's getting colder and i haven't the fashion balls to wear the jill stuart gauchos with knee-high boots, let's say the bella dahl black corduroy flares.

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.

Q. why is your reading list so schizophrenic?

because i squeeze personal reads between titles i'm reviewing for my day job.

want more? write cuttlefish[at]gmail[dot]com.

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