βAngels, Ghosts and Strangers,β a personal essay by Jardine Libaire, was originally in our Erogenous Zones issue. Itβs an homage to New York and the loves Libaire has had there.
"I once had a short affair with a wannabe thug. We tussled in my bedroom, his chest bare, his jeans black, his beeper on the floor, my nightie pulled up, his mouth between my legs β and the spire of Trinity Church stood in my window, the electric lights of the Financial District casting the spike's spiny shadow on us."