“I remember performing in Russia when I was twenty, and I stayed at this hotel with 3000 rooms. There were sailors knocking on my room door, wanting to barter stuffed animals with Marlboros that I had been instructed to bring!” RememberAnimalRoomsDoorsTwentiesRussiaPerformingHotelSailorKnockingStuffed Animal Author:Anne Akiko Meyers
“I felt a bottomless sadness. So completely alone. Like one of my stuffed animals at home that I was too old for now, that sat on the shelf in my closet, mashed against the back wall.” HomeFeltAnimalSadnessWallSatShelvesClosetsStuffed Animal Book:Running with Scissors: A Memoir Source: Running with Scissors: A Memoir