Just in case you are wondering who I am, I’m a writer. I write plays and I wrote a book called "Have You No Shame? And Other Regrettable Stories" and a lot of times I write poetry, including a filthy sestina about being raped by a forest gnome that appeared in The Best American Erotic Poems, edited by our fearless leader David Lehman (whose name is always slightly confusing to me, as it is only one letter away from that of a small boy I attended elementary school with, who had difficulties with toilet training and displayed a disturbing propensity toward licking himself and others.) You can find out everything you need to know at rachelshukert.com, where you can also find a link to the Amazon page to my book, which might interest you, although not nearly as much as it interests me.
As to why I’ve been permitted to blog here, I can’t speak to that. But I’m pleased and proud.
Also, here is an amusing picture for you of my favorite living human! (I’ll let you guess which one it is.)
If you guessed it’s the woman in the left hand corner, gazing warily at the apparition before her in sequins, you’re wrong!