Out of the Girls Room and into the Night is a spirited offbeat collection ofstories elongated riffs on that thing we call ... love. All manner of lovestories th... » 

Out of the Girls Room and into the Night is a spirited offbeat collection ofstories elongated riffs on that thing we call ... love. All manner of lovestories thwarted love stories imaginary love stories love stories offhandand obsessive philosophical love stories erudite and amusing love stories.Everyone does it women of fierce independence men of thin character ramblingDeadheads gay teenage girls despondent Peace Corps volunteers anorexicBroadway theatre dancers the eager the grieving the uncommunicative. Eventhe confused do it. And they dont just fall in love with each other theytall in love with certain moments and familiar places with things as ephemeralas gestures and as evanescent as sunlight.Quirky real idealistic deluded bohemian and true these are people who can and often do fall in love with a pair of ears August afternoons saucersof vitamins New Age carpenters and dead bumblebees. And if theres somethingthey can teach us its how to conceive of alternative worlds and the terrorand the exhilaration of venturing outside the confines of the lives we know andmaking our way into a dark glittering unknown. «