Emily Perper is a word-writing human working at a small publishing company. She blogs about her favorite longreads at Diet Coker.
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Have you heard of Her? Spike Jonze’s latest is about a man who falls in love with his cell phone’s AI interface. Sound hokey? If you know anything about Jonze (and you will after reading this), then you know Her will be anything but.
In this 2006 piece, privileged New York school kids navigate the lack of binary between friendship and romance.
So often Rumpus essays read like songs. This, thankfully, is no exception: “When you love someone, you will sacrifice everything for them, even if that means they never exist at all.”
Cop goes undercover. Cop meets girl. Cop falls in love. Cop’s cover is blown. Cop sues his superiors. “Love is most private, most public, of all.”
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