A Little Bit, by Erik Tinsley

"Listen, when I tell you I PROFOUNDLY love Erik Tinsley’s writing, I want you to know I am not fucking around. I love his writing like a dragon loves gold, like dry plants love rain. Erik’s new audio book, A Little Bit, is also about love—though a lot of this is the tragic kind (which is, of course, timeless and universal because we have all been there in some sense, and if we haven’t we’re not trying hard enough and undoubtedly living in fear). Erik’s relationships with men in this book have been described elsewhere as a “straight guy's string of failed gay relationships,” which might leave some of you with questions. Yes! Good! Maybe it’ll spark new dialogue that extends outside this particular narrative. What does it mean to be gay? What does it mean to be straight or a boy or a girl or neither or, shit, man, human AT ALL? Sure, yes, PLEASE ask questions, go deep, rip out your steaming fucking guts, tear yourself apart. That is one of the (many) beautiful forces at play here. Erik