The Consuming Power of Hunger and Desire
“As a young woman, I was rarely in control of my body or my mind. I had hungers like snakes wildly contorting from my head.”
hunger
I don’t want my life to change, I’m too afraid,I wonder who will be in here,
Pica
pica,
Hunger,Desire,DesireDesireregret,loss,pleasure.
This Sex Which Is Not One
Sara Finnerty has essays and stories in Literary Hub, Black Warrior Review, Brevity, Longreads, Joyland, r.kv.r.y, Dame, and others. She is the Nonfiction Editor of Entropy magazine, and co-curator of The Griffith Park Storytelling Series. Sara is originally from Queens, NY and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. Find her at sarafinnerty.com.
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