Thanks, Ray. I'll post them as soon as I have a moment.

Peter

Thanks for your focus on Ms. Bender. I just wanted to let you know that there is a new short story by her entitled "The Tale of the Barfbag" in the Oct/Nov 2004 issue of BRIDGE, the Chicago-based nonprofit arts bimonthly. Ms. Bender's previous story in BRIDGE, "Jinx", was awarded a Pushcart Prize, and this one is another singular glimpse into her fictional world. The current issue of BRIDGE also includes fiction by Valerie Polichar and Stephen Lee Beeber, poetry by James Shea, a special section on soft-core and exploitation film, reviews of Rick DeMarinis and David Bezmozgis, and more. Single issues are available for $8.50 postpaid (subject to availability), and a 6-issue U.S. subscription is $45. For more information please visit www.bridgemagazine.org or call 312.421.2227 during normal business hours. Thanks for looking,
Mike Newirth
Fiction Editor/BRIDGE Magazine

Aimee Bender talks about her penis
And writing and language and blah blah blah.

I don't think it's penis envy, really, as much as some strange identification with men at a given moment. There's something aggressive about writing to me, and women can be aggressive, of course, but sometimes I do associate that quality more with men and then voila! The characters have penises.

That's what happened to me!

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Off by Aimee Bender
Bookslut points us to an Aimee Bender story from her new collection, which is reviewed here.

At the party I make a goal. and it is to kiss three men: one with black hair, one with red hair, and the third blond. Not necessarily in that order. I'm alone at the party and I have my drink in a mug because by the time I got here, at the ideal moment of lateness, the host had used all her bluish glasses with fluted stems that she bought from the local home-supply store that all others within a ten-block radius had bought too because at some inexplicable point in time, everybody woke up with identical taste. I see two matching sweaters and four similar handbags. It's enough to make you want to buy ugly, except other people are having that reaction too and I spot three identically ugly pairs of shoes. There's just nowhere to hide. I know the host here from highschool and she likes to invite me to things because for one, she feels sorry for me and for two, she finds me entertaining and blushes when I cuss. It's how we flirt.

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