Maggie Estep Knihy

Hello, my name is Zoe and this is my book. It is a document of Emotional Idiocy told in two parts. There is the "then" part, which explains how I got here, and there is the "now" part, which documents what I am doing here. At the moment, I am sitting at my desk naked but for some men's boxer shorts and many silver bracelets. I like to see myself in men's underwear. I like to see men in men's underwear. Men in women's underwear is also acceptable. Other women in men's underwear doesn't do so much for me. However, if someone were to bring a tribe of women clad only in men's underwear to my house, I might find it slightly exciting. I might not kick them out of my house. My house is not a bad house. It is a small hovel in a tenement building on East Sixth Street in New York City. I live there with few furnishings, many books, and a cat named Wimpy given to me by Jim, a talented but ornery painter I used to sleep with. Wimpy weighs twenty-two pounds and has a psychological disorder: If I leave him alone too long, he becomes convinced that he has fleas and scratches himself raw. This I am telling you because it is an apt metaphor for how I feel in my skin right now. I am digging at my hide, rubbing it raw because I've been rubbed raw by love gone wrong. Yes. This is another tale of love gone wrong. This is me turned idiot in the face of human interaction.

Hold the eggnog: what you need is a draft of 'edgy fatalism and sexy recklessness,' filled with flashy crime, gallows humor, and 'desperate deals with a variety of devils.' Since 2004, the editors of Akashic Books have delivered this in their brilliant noir anthologies. Each volume reveals a city's distinctive inner darkness, from Brooklyn to Boston and pre- and post-Katrina New Orleans. Contributors include renowned authors such as Dennis Lehane, Don Winslow, Michael Connelly, and Joyce Carol Oates, among many others. Launched with the award-winning bestseller Brooklyn Noir in summer 2004, the groundbreaking Akashic Noir series now features over sixty volumes. Each book consists of all-new stories set in unique locations within the respective city or region. This first "best of" volume showcases the series' significant achievements. Johnny Temple, the publisher and editor-in-chief of Akashic Books, has received the 2013 Ellery Queen Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the 2010 Jay and Deen Kogan Award for Excellence in Noir Literature. He chairs the Brooklyn Literary Council, which collaborates with Brooklyn's borough president to organize the annual Brooklyn Book Festival. Additionally, Temple plays bass guitar in the band Girls Against Boys, known for extensive global tours and numerous album releases.

"Hallo, ich heiße Zoe. Und dies ist mein Buch. Erfasst. Es geht mal wieder um die Tücken der Liebe, ums Chaos der Gefühle. Und mittendrin im Gewühle des menschlichen Miteinanders Ich: Die Gefühlsidiotin."""Tagebuch einer Gefühlsidiotin" ist eine glänzende Tragikkomödie über Anziehung und Abneigung, über Liebe und Verführung, über den Traumprinzen und den schlampigen Neurotiker mit dem Frau immer endet." Playboy"Rock 'n Roll und Literatur waren schon immer eng verwandt. Neuestes Beispiel dafür: Maggie Estep, jedermanns Lieblings-Kodderschnauze." Time out