The Rumpus Interview

From TheRumpus.net, an interview by Julie Greicius

Rumpus: Right! The book. Let’s talk about this book. You and this mortal HoopGirl have written a guidebook to sex.

Conrad: Actually, it’s a guide to hooping, the modern form of hula hooping.

Rumpus: Oh come now. Let’s take a look… “activate the muscles in your legs to power your pelvic thrusts,” it says here.

Conrad: Right, in order to keep the hoop in orbit around your waist.

Rumpus: I think we both know you’re talking about sex. How about this: “Don’t anticipate; respond to it. Push into it when you feel it touch you.”

the bit about sanity

From my girlfriend Julie, who is flying back east this morning because of a family emergency:

“About to board, hula hoop stashed in my bag like a great tube of prozac, like a little personal fence I can put up when ever the crazies get too, well, crazy.”