Rachel Kramer Bussel on sabotaging her chance to write about “the best sex she’s ever had” for Erica Jong’s new anthology.

Irene Zion & her friend Ruthie find odd-size shoes and hear the equally odd story of the Shoe Store Romance.

Each month for the better part of 2006, Daniel Nester went into the fertility clinic’s collection room to donate sperm. And each week, he read the sign on the door stating that the room was available on a “first come, first serve” basis. He found this hilarious and shared with the nurses in the specimen room. The nurses did not laugh.

Here’s the good news. My first novel was reviewed by the New York Times. Here’s the bad news. It was a horrible review. I do not hyperbolize. It was really bad. So that you understand how terrible it is, I’ve included it entirely as the next full paragraph. Please feel free to gasp, snicker, or [...]

2009′s Oscar contenders. Six words each.