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Sex hunger

By IAN SANDS | October 12, 2006

My Girlfriend Comes to The City And Beats Me Up | By Stephen Elliott | cleis press | 144 pages | $13.95 paper

Stephen Elliott + Steve Almond | Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St, Newton | October 19 at 7:30 pm | 617.244.6619

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Sex hunger

I'm the bad dad who yelled too much when Steve was a kid. And I assume he was masturbating at the time and that he came to equate orgasm with verbal abuse. And I'm very sorry. I don't know if this generated his masochism, and I would love to think otherwise. I would give a lot to change the terrible past of 20 years ago. But unfortunately "the swiftest horse cannot overtake a wrong word spoken".

By Neil E on 10/11/2006 at 7:12:25

Sex hunger

I met Neil Elliott and I can't believe Steve has any nuts left after a childhood sponsored by Neil, (not to mention mustering an erection).

By Loucypher on 10/14/2006 at 9:59:46

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love

By sahaaan on 06/25/2007 at 7:42:06

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