Because They Wanted To: Stories. From: The Women's Review of Books | Date: May 1, 1997| Author: Graff, E.J. | COPYRIGHT 1997 Women's Review of Books. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Long ago I realized that women (if I might generalize without a license) read and write fiction about sexual drama because that's where we navigate the tidal clash of our own and others' desires. It's along these dangerous shoals that fiction writers Amy Bloom and Mary Gaitskill made their high-profile debuts during the past decade.

Gaitskill's Bad Behavior turned a flat, glaring light on bottom-dwelling women and men. In her stunning novel, Two Girls, Fat and Thin, her ski...

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