If Diane is like the woman from the song “Jolene,” Lenore is like a combination of the girl described in “Chantilly Lace” (minus the ponytail) and the individual depicted in Mötley Crüe’s “Looks That Kill” (although not technically bulletproof). I met her at a party in Fargo, North Dakota; actually, I didn’t meet her. I saw her. About 15 of us were watching the documentary Unzipped, and she arrived late and spent 10 minutes trying to open a bottle of wine. We never spoke. Three days later, I sent an e-mail to my friend Sarah Jackson. All the message said was, “I don’t know who that blonde girl
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