About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
Tag Archives: Fred & Allie
Mad love for “Mad Love”
The article we read a few weeks ago, Mad Love: The Ballad of Fred & Allie, has been nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize! While some might call it self-congratulation among the Academic/Industrial Literary Complex, it’s more of an honor … Continue reading
“Lassoed”
In “Mad Love,” the last sentence of the opening paragraph says, But Alice Mitchell was the first to be lassoed by Frederica Ward’s charms… I like the verb in there, lassoed. Mainly I associate it with cowboys and rodeo. It … Continue reading
Fred & Allie, then & now
I find it fascinating to compare “Mad Love: The Ballad of Fred & Allie” to the way the story was received at the time it happened. Livingston’s essay was published this year, in a society that’s beginning to accept same-sex … Continue reading