December 15th, 2008 / 1:57 pm
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Top 5 WILFs

A WILF is a ‘writer I’d like to fuck,’ our new enterprise conceived by contributor pr. Since I really like the idea of hypothetical fucking, I cannot contain myself and have posted a top 5 list:

1. VIRGINIA WOOLF

That Virginia Woolf was a lesbian may explain the impractical choices in women I still have which sustained my virginity to an embarrassing point which shall not be disclosed at this juncture. That she has been dead for seventy-some years does not implicate any penchant for necrophilia — for I don’t literally want to ‘fuck’ Virginia Woolf at this point in her decomposition — I simply would have wanted to, had I been more of a man in England at the break of the twentieth century; she at the ripe age of eighteen.

2. PAUL AUSTER

That Paul Auster is a man may explain the impractical choices in women which let to the aforementioned exasperated virginity. I’m straight, but fuck that guy is gorgeous. When I think of his New York Trilogy, I think of his dong and ballsack. I went to his reading once and every woman almost had an orgasm when he spoke. I quivered a little myself, though it was probably just gas from my burrito.

3. LORRIE MOORE

Lorrie’s Moore’s heroines are always having affairs with men more ‘interesting’ than their earnest, somewhat obtuse, husbands. There aren’t any sex scenes, only the restrained disappointment of the following morning. Her sadness is our sadness: the resignation of only having someone in between you, never fully inside. Oh Lorrie, can’t I be your ‘interesting’ morning after disappointment? I promise to say the wrong things for material.

4. NOAM CHOMSKY

During college in some art history class, we were assigned to read Chomsky. I assumed he was a women, however erroneously, because of the feminine vowels in his name. In seminar I started referring to Noam as a ‘she,’ and my T.A., no doubt a feminist (this was Santa Cruz, California), was so impressed at my progressive gender blindness that she gave me a B despite me having misunderstood Chomsky entirely. I still like to think of ol’ Noam on the rag, goin’ menstrual about war n’ shit.

5. JIMMY CHEN

We all know Woody Allen’s joke ‘don’t knock masturbation, it’s sex with someone I love,’ so I won’t bore you with the details. I’d just like to point out that he’s the best two-minute lay that’s been published in fucking elimae, though he never calls me back.

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52 Comments

  1. barry

      WILFS…. nice

  2. barry

      WILFS…. nice

  3. barry

      “I’m straight, but fuck that guy is gorgeous.”

      come on now jimmy, no one here believes you’re straight. ha

  4. barry

      “I’m straight, but fuck that guy is gorgeous.”

      come on now jimmy, no one here believes you’re straight. ha

  5. Madore

      down with armchair revolutionaries

  6. Madore

      down with armchair revolutionaries

  7. crispin

      oh chomsky. that bit chuckled my laughboobs

  8. crispin

      oh chomsky. that bit chuckled my laughboobs

  9. pr

      barry is my numer ONE wilf

  10. pr

      oh shit- this made me think of a new thingy- writers I’d like to beat the crap out of! For mean monday! I would like to beat the crap out of lorrie moore sometimes. Whoah. Maybe I should go write? I gotta go clean up alarming amounts of cat piss. Maybe later.

      prbgprbgprbg

  11. Jimmy Chen

      hi barry, i’m straight. htmlgiant had a private email briefing in which we discussed the vernacular of homosexuality, and how we shouldn’t be so glib about it. please never call me that again.

      hi madore, my chair is comfy.

      hi crispin, thanks for checking into my blog the other day.

  12. Jimmy Chen

      hi barry, i’m straight. htmlgiant had a private email briefing in which we discussed the vernacular of homosexuality, and how we shouldn’t be so glib about it. please never call me that again.

      hi madore, my chair is comfy.

      hi crispin, thanks for checking into my blog the other day.

  13. jereme

      fuck lorrie more

  14. jereme

      fuck lorrie more

  15. gena

      good post

  16. gena

      good post

  17. blake

      i feel happy nw

  18. blake

      i feel happy nw

  19. pr

      I used to love Lorrie Moore, and now I resent her. Wierd. I’m sure it is because of my own emotional problems. Still- writers I’d like to beat the shit out of? Bring it on Contributors!

  20. pr

      Also, Jimmy- that pic of you is fantastic.

  21. barry

      jimmy:

      i dont know the word glib. you gotta dumb it down when you’re talking to me.

      pr:

      PR is my number ONE wilf.

      i dont want to beat up any writers. if i do i’ll let you know.

  22. barry

      jimmy:

      i dont know the word glib. you gotta dumb it down when you’re talking to me.

      pr:

      PR is my number ONE wilf.

      i dont want to beat up any writers. if i do i’ll let you know.

  23. Jereme Dean

      i am going to sound like a misogynist here but i haven’t found a female writer i ‘get’.

      sure there are attractive ones but i don’t think physical comeliness is the reason for wanting to fuck a writer?

      it is more about feeling a connection to the person or their writing.

  24. Jereme Dean

      i am going to sound like a misogynist here but i haven’t found a female writer i ‘get’.

      sure there are attractive ones but i don’t think physical comeliness is the reason for wanting to fuck a writer?

      it is more about feeling a connection to the person or their writing.

  25. anonymous

      jereme:

      i get what you’re saying, but you’re taking it too far.

      there are plenty of females i’d fuck. whether they were writers, fast food workers, or circus clowns.

      the really question is… is there a woman who is otherwise unattractive you to but you’d fuck because their writing is that great. hmmmmmm.

      jayne anne phillips

      you know who this is but im going anonymous in case jayne anne reads this and then i have no chance to fuck her when im in jersey this summer.

  26. anonymous

      jereme:

      i get what you’re saying, but you’re taking it too far.

      there are plenty of females i’d fuck. whether they were writers, fast food workers, or circus clowns.

      the really question is… is there a woman who is otherwise unattractive you to but you’d fuck because their writing is that great. hmmmmmm.

      jayne anne phillips

      you know who this is but im going anonymous in case jayne anne reads this and then i have no chance to fuck her when im in jersey this summer.

  27. Kevin

      John Updike, when he was 24. Kathy Acker, whenever. I couldn’t handle her, obviously, but an experience!

  28. Kevin

      John Updike, when he was 24. Kathy Acker, whenever. I couldn’t handle her, obviously, but an experience!

  29. Justin Taylor

      um, Mary Gaitskill? I feel like this works whether the standard is the writing or the vital stats of the writer. Or any combination thereof.

  30. Justin Taylor

      um, Mary Gaitskill? I feel like this works whether the standard is the writing or the vital stats of the writer. Or any combination thereof.

  31. Justin Taylor

      oh, and Jane Austen, obvs.

  32. Justin Taylor

      oh, and Jane Austen, obvs.

  33. barry

      justin. i dont know what she looks like. send me a link.

  34. barry

      mary, not jane

  35. barry

      justin. i dont know what she looks like. send me a link.

  36. barry

      mary, not jane

  37. barry
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  39. ravi

      I thought A.M. Homes was really attractive based on her book jacket pics, but I just found out she’s almost fifty. Those pics are deceiving.

  40. ravi

      I thought A.M. Homes was really attractive based on her book jacket pics, but I just found out she’s almost fifty. Those pics are deceiving.

  41. barry

      speaking of WILFs. you know who’s birthday it is today????

  42. barry

      speaking of WILFs. you know who’s birthday it is today????

  43. daveg

      if we pick a dead writer, we still mean we’d do them when they were LIVING, right? it’s a subtle point — and in the case of kathy acker, probably moot — but I just wanna be clear…

  44. daveg

      if we pick a dead writer, we still mean we’d do them when they were LIVING, right? it’s a subtle point — and in the case of kathy acker, probably moot — but I just wanna be clear…

  45. barry

      dave:

      living or dead… pffff. its virginia woolf. does it matter?

      this may or may not be a parable

  46. barry

      dave:

      living or dead… pffff. its virginia woolf. does it matter?

      this may or may not be a parable

  47. sam pink

      frederick jameson because i think he would be a gentleman

  48. sam pink

      frederick jameson because i think he would be a gentleman

  49. Jonny Darko

      Anne Sexton because then she’d write a poem about how it wasn’t as good and satisfying as her previous suicide attempt.

  50. Jonny Darko

      Anne Sexton because then she’d write a poem about how it wasn’t as good and satisfying as her previous suicide attempt.

  51. yael

      fuh-nny!

  52. yael

      fuh-nny!