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Visiting the “Family” after a long time away

Posted by: Kirsten Imani Kasai on: May 22, 2012

After nearly two years of “vacation,” I’m ready to get back to work on “Asta Requited”) the third and final novel in what I’ve unofficially dubbed The Raven Scribe series (book 1 Ice Song, book 2 Tattoo). It’s as if I’ve been traveling in a distant land on a mission or Peace Corps assignment, and am now [...]

Rhapsody in Snakeskin: tales of horror & erotica” e-book available now!

Posted by: Kirsten Imani Kasai on: March 22, 2012

BUY “Rhapsody in Snakeskin” for $5.99

My new e-book is available for DL! Chock-full of sexy/scary short fiction and poetry, it’s a bargain at just $5.99.

Good sex, like a good scare, can be hard to come by. And sometimes they go hand-in-hand. Just think of that lover who was just a bit too edgy and scared you a bit, but oh what lovemaking because of it! Sex can enlighten and enliven us as surely as it can ruin and humiliate us. It can open and close doors in our souls (Erela). It It can be our absolute undoing but in those vertiginous moments of falling apart, we often find a greater freedom, if only for a moment. She Alone Can Move Me”, ”Flowergirl”, “I’m Yours”, “One Perfect Kiss”, ”Poorer Sister”, ”Rhapsody in Snakeskin”, ”Turned Out”, ”Celebrity Machine”, and many others. 

LISTEN to an audio play of “Rhapsody in Snakeskin”

Kirsten Imani Kasai writes: “Pleasure is an art form executed in the medium of the skin. Pleasure is about sensory exploration. Touch, taste, scent. A look. A caress. A faintly wafting breeze of perfume. It’s about preserving memories (the sound of her voice in your head, the bubbling excitement that builds when kisses deepen, her heat as she writhes beneath you), but it’s also subjective. Eroticism is willing objectification and boundary expansion. Through surrender of self–whether physical or emotional–we become truly magical. True pleasure is the death of reason, a stripping away of all the scaffolding that shores up our crumbling facade. We are forced to confront the unsanctioned appetites of our imaginations. In the private world of lovers, we can delve into forbidden roles, submerse ourselves in themes of power play, absorption, loss of self, transmogrification, union, the dissolution of personal limits and the passionate commingling of souls.”

Fiction is my refuge

Posted by: Kirsten Imani Kasai on: October 19, 2011

Some things are extruded, rather than composed. I suppose blog posts should be more thoughtful, but this is all I can manage these days, friends,—to sweep my thoughts into a pile and push them under your rug. Fiction is my refuge my flight/wings/home —a paper wasp nest bound up about me— tucked under bridge joints/rumbling [...]

It’s a Numbers Game

Posted by: claireflaire on: October 4, 2011

I’m a journalist by trade. Alongside grammar spelling, punctuation, my J-school professors spent hours instilling proper writing styles and guidelines. There was a style and/or a guideline for everything from titles and temperatures to numerals and nobility. If in doubt – no problem – just flip a couple of pages in the AP Stylebook and [...]

Truth & beauty vs. paper dolls and cut-out scenery

Posted by: Kirsten Imani Kasai on: September 17, 2011

This morning I finished reading Ann Patchett’s novel Truth and Beauty, a memoir about her friendship with Lucy Grealy. It’s a lovely, tragic story and I would have “closed” the book on my e-reader and enjoyed its lingering aftertaste much more had I not felt so uncomfortable. Dare I say, dirty? How could she do it? I [...]

Fact Is Fiction…TV Reality

Posted by: pageadaywriters on: February 15, 2010

“My fiction is 82% nonfiction,” says Pam Houston,  novelist,  essayist and award-winning short story writer.   And I’ve heard her say she thinks all fiction is 80% nonfiction AND nonfiction is 80% fiction.  Clearly for Houston the line between fiction and nonfiction, such as memoirs and essays, is blurred, if nonexistent. I’m writing a memoir, [...]


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