The Slippery Fish

Archives for Litsa Dremousis, 2003-2011. Current site: https://litsadremousis.com. Litsa Dremousis is the author of Altitude Sickness (Future Tense Books). Seattle Metropolitan Magazine named it one of the all-time "20 Books Every Seattleite Must Read". Her essay "After the Fire" was selected as one of the "Most Notable Essays 2011” by Best American Essays, and The Seattle Weekly named her one of "50 Women Who Rock Seattle". She is an essayist with The Washington Post.

Friday, May 13, 2011

(In Progress) My Published Work So Far, Regularly Updated:

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As noted last month, I'm collecting my published work for one massive entry here. I'll update it as new work comes out, but won'...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

Coming soon!

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For the past month, I've been gathering all links to my work so that I can archive them here in one comprehensive entry. If I get super-...
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Friday, April 08, 2011

Cross-dressing, bad foreplay, a math teacher gone wrong: my new essay for Nerve is here:

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I love the title my editor chose, "It's Always the Quiet Ones", and that the guy in the accompanying photo looks like Radiohea...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

On Geraldine Ferraro:

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I remember being so excited when Walter Mondale added Geraldine Ferraro to the Democratic Presidential ticket in 1984. With three terms in H...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Whatever gets you through the night:

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In the West, we never embraced funeral pyres and the cultures that did have largely done away with them. Tonight, I would have to say this w...

Elizabeth Taylor RIP

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In college, the above photo was among those I tacked on the bulletin board near my bed. A film buff, I was enamored of Giant, Cat on a Hot T...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

He's here!

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As of last night, I was authorized to reveal the great news! Please join me in welcoming George and Jennifer's new son, Mom and Dad'...
Monday, March 14, 2011

We need a new word for "disaster":

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I wish "hell" were divorced from religious connotations because it more aptly describes what has transpired in Japan since Thursda...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

My newest piece for TNB, "Mike Sacks Really Wants a Meat-pocket", is up now:

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I interview Mike Sacks' about his new, wickedly droll and superbly reviewed essay collection, Your Wildest Dreams within Reason. As I st...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Because we're just a font of good news around here:

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The Wall Street Journal's newest CFIDS piece, on whether it's safe for those of us with CFIDS to donate blood and the role the XMRV ...
Saturday, March 05, 2011

From the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CBS News and Elle Magazine, four new CFIDS features outstanding as they are pertinent:

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1) Elle Magazine's gorgeously etched profile on Laura Hillenbrand, author of the acclaimed bestsellers Seabiscuit and Unbroken . A sear...
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Monday, February 28, 2011

"Time travel is lonely..."--John Vanderslice

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Because it's an effective writing warm-up but mostly because it's fun, I post six-word stories on Smith Magazine nearly each day. (A...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

And the laurel-resting continues:

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One of my dear lefty colleagues recently chided me for being too hard on Greece and its ongoing economic debacle. I explained to him nearly ...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Magic:

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The Washington Square Hotel posted this photo on its Twitter feed today: http://twitpic.com/42a0vu Yes, I know New York winters permeate one...
Monday, February 14, 2011

My new essay for Nerve, "A Foray into the Domestic Arts", is up now! Cookies, sex and the intersection of the two!

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First off, thanks so much to everyone for your delightful birthday wishes yesterday. Imbibed the leftover cake from Kingfish this morning an...
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Sunday, February 06, 2011

Prompting nacho comsumption to fall drastically:

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Hey, straight guys! If you'd admit you're a wee curious about fucking each other, the NFL would become superfluous. As would bar fig...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

As usual, the inability to empathize has disheartening consequences:

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Everything about this bill is revoltingly sexist, out-of-touch and cruel. I'm not a fan of Speaker Boehner (obviously) but I praised his...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Egypt's brave writers risk imprisonment, torture and death:

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Well-researched and detailed new piece on the pernicious forces battling Egyptian writers who are calling for democracy: http://www.msnbc.ms...
Monday, January 24, 2011

The Nervous Breakdown Literary Experience, Seattle Edition #2!

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The Nervous Breakdown Literary Experience, Seattle Edition #2 is Friday, April 8, 7 p.m. in the Jewelbox Theater at the Rendezvous! Last tim...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

Seriously, it's got the makings of a Discovery Channel documentary:

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I'm fairly certain the emails in all three inboxes are now asexually reproducing. While it's objectively fascinating and, more impor...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

My new Seattle Weekly feature is online and on stands now!

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My new Seattle Weekly feature, "An Incomplete History of Clutch Douglass' Journey to the '80s" is out now: http://www.seat...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

A brief catch-up while dinner is in the oven:

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The Nerve essay (see previous post) generated a volume of letters as large as it was unforeseen. Completely bittersweet, given the piece...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

My new essay for Nerve, "After the Fire", is up:

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Hard to write; much harder not to. Deeply touched by the insightful comments: http://www.nerve.com/love-sex/true-stories/true-stories-after-...
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Sunday, January 09, 2011

Hard to know where to begin:

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Since first watching CNN's "Breaking News" report yesterday while nestling with the puppy and returning emails, i.e. engaging ...
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Thursday, January 06, 2011

The world grows increasingly interconnected with each passing year and...

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...this would be horrible news under any circumstances, but one of my best friends for the past 23 years just moved to London yesterday , so...
Monday, January 03, 2011

And now, thanks, Huffington Post and once again, Smith Magazine!

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Fun piece in which to be included and a rollicking good way to launch 2011: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-smith/six-word-memoirs-new-y...
Friday, December 31, 2010

Thanks, KEXP!

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KEXP interviewed a bunch of us re our 2011 resolutions. Fun being included with Ken Stringfellow, Matthew Caws, King County Executive, Dow C...
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About Me

Litsa Dremousis:
Litsa Dremousis is the author of Altitude Sickness (Future Tense Books). Seattle Metropolitan Magazine named it one of the all-time "20 Books Every Seattleite Must Read". Her essay "After the Fire" was selected as one of the "Most Notable Essays 2011” by Best American Essays, and The Seattle Weekly named her one of "50 Women Who Rock Seattle". She is an essayist with The Washington Post.

Her work also appears in The Believer, BlackBook, Esquire, Jezebel, McSweeney's, Monkeybicycle, MSN, New York Magazine, New York Times, Nylon, The Onion's A.V. Club, Paste, PEN Center USA, Poets & Writers, Publishers Weekly, The Rumpus, Salon, Spartan Lit, in several anthologies, and on NPR, KUOW, and additional outlets. She has interviewed Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, Betty Davis (the legendary, reclusive soul singer), Death Cab for Cutie, Estelle, Jenifer Lewis, Janelle Monae, Alanis Morissette, Kelly Rowland, Wanda Sykes, Tegan and Sara, Rufus Wainwright, Ann Wilson and several dozen others. 

Contact: litsa.dremousis at gmail dot com. Twitter: @LitsaDremousis.
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