As She Climbed Across the Table: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Jonathan Lethem

The ecology of the vagina, the vagina as environment, rather than just negative space.”

Vagina ecologist

I thought of Lack as cosmic vagina, laid out across that cold steel table for examination. Unable to close his legs. Peered into by dozens of white-coated experts. Maybe Alice just wanted to shelter this vaginal entity.

“We could have tea. I heard someone say tea builds bridges between people. Coffee is more isolationist.”