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From a/z and back again

A devoted wink to our lovely contributors who reveal their inspirations and seductive anecdotes

Mary Reid Kelley

“There's a great pleasure in doing things in secret.”

Alejandro Zambra

“For me, diaries are an intransitive, confessional space.”

Atelier Bow-Wow

“...the intangible allows us to share with others. It is exactly that sharing, that to Yoshi and me can become erotic...”

AA Bronson

“This love is implicitly erotic and it is its infinite mobility, its very animation, its ability to infuse itself within every corner of my life, like cigarette smoke, or perfume, that makes it erotic.”

Catherine Breillat

“I have to desire him. I have to like him; I have to want him in order for it to come across in the film. With this character, I was absolutely overwhelmed by him and constantly surprised by him...”
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