Robin Watergrove: 5 books

An excerpt from the story: "I made a dance to do with you. I made a dance for you, with you, about you. I made a dance so I could hold you close under the pretense that on stage it’s somehow symbolic, not real. That the act of choreographing an action necessarily abstracts it. I made a dance for...

An excerpt from the story: "She wrote me a love letter and she said I love that hazy, crystal clear kind of focus you get from drinking coffee on airplanes. She wrote it out long-hand with a pen that balled up little ink globs around the tops of her o’s. She said, 'I think up new ways...

Jackie and Elise are a lesbian couple trying to make a long-distance relationship work. Elise is swept up in Jackie’s cocky nature and when that swagger leads them into new territory, Elise finds out her girlfriend has the vivid imagination to match her mischievous smile. Elise seizes the opportunity...

An excerpt from the story: "“There’s this girl—” I can get off on words alone, “There’s this beautiful girl.” I’m sitting on my bedroom floor, slouched against the wall, touching myself. I’m speaking aloud and my words are blurred by heavy breathing. I’m alone,...

She nods. I kiss her. No slow lean in, no feeling her out. No breathing close with our noses touching. I just tilt my head and swoop in. I catch her lips and press them full and flush with my own. So tough when I’m staring at a distance, so soft up close. It feels like I’m sharing my secret with...