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.

Monday, January 05, 2009

I think even Gloria Steinem and Jesus would agree with me here:

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I've written before that, not only is it okay to call Ann Coutler a "cunt", it's not okay not to call her one. And in case...
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Friday, January 02, 2009

But it'd be cool if I could leave the house for more than an hour tomorrow:

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The past 72 hours have been punishing physically--I actually had to skip both New Year's Eve parties I'd been invited to--and while ...
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Thursday, January 01, 2009

So far:

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Little has gone as planned but it's been very fun nonetheless. And that's as good a way as any to kick things off.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Five Things Worth Noting about 2008 before I Start Getting Ready to Head out the Door:

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On a national level, the main and perhaps only thing that went right was Barack Obama's election. But still: we fucking elected Barack O...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Or at least the next round of doughnuts at Top Pot:

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My best friend and I were discussing something yesterday and he wasn't sure if my conclusion was accurate and then today it turned out I...
Monday, December 29, 2008

My Facebook Status Updates from the Evening of November 3rd until the Present that More or Less Bring Us up to Date for Our Purposes Here:

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Litsa dedicates John Lennon's "How Do You Sleep?" to Joe Lieberman. Nov. 3, 8:34 p.m. Litsa has donated her status to remind e...
Monday, November 03, 2008

A brief summation before the unicorns take flight:

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Typing the above sentence made me nervous. Like everyone I know, I don't want to jinx things. Certain states are too close to call and i...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

David Axelrod, call me:

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I enjoyed tonight's Obama-rama and thought it underscored the most pressing issues in a meaningful way. However, I have a suggestion. I ...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Facebook, Day #6:

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I joined Facebook two months ago because my friend sent me a link to her photo page and I wanted to check it out. I didn't launch my pro...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Seconded:

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From a commenter on Wonkette's debate liveblog: "To these asshats on CNN, the undecideds… if you can’t figure it out by now then yo...

In a strange way, I feel sorry...

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...for John McCain. He now reminds me of the cache of VHS movies I unearthed in my storage room last week: once engaging, now irrelevant. Tw...
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

And if the markets are like this next year, the ground will expel Mitt Romney's hair follicles and scores of two-headed earthworms:

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The protracted economic catastrophe keeps reminding me of Patton Oswalt's routine, "The Apocalypse" from his first disc, Feeli...
Saturday, October 04, 2008

The VP Debate Summarized in Two Haikus:

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Joe Biden shoots facts with aim and force that Dirty Harry might envy Beneath her updo microbes gnaw cerebellum That explains the winks
Thursday, October 02, 2008

So much I'm going to catch up on here in the next couple of days...

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...but I want to get this in under the wire: I will personally kneecap the first pundit who hurls "sexism!" charges at Joe Biden i...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Would they prefer 'lipstick on a jackass'?

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As I wrote yesterday, the Washington Post broke the story that Sarah Palin billed Alaska taxpayers for 312 nights she and her family spent a...
Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Okay, kids, here goes:

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Everything has changed since I last traipsed these pages. Barack Obama gave a smart and eloquent acceptance speech that soared higher than a...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

A Highly Truncated Account of the DNC So Far:

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I've been too sick to write about the Democratic National Convention in any real detail. However, I've watched several hours each ni...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

The avalanche

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One of my best friends is an experienced mountain and rock climber. Before his recent trek, I asked him if he or his pals have ever packed s...
Thursday, August 07, 2008

Essential truths:

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Each statement uttered by John McCain or his campaign staff during the past week has made the Arizona senator sound like a complete ass Andr...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

"And you may say to yourself/ 'My God! What have I done?'"--Talking Heads

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On July 10, I wrote that, among the many things I would rather do than explain writing to those who don't write was "endure a Candl...
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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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