Emily Prager

The stories in Emily Prager’s first collection are dispatches from the front line. They explore with black humour and fierce irony that territory in which provoked women and provocative men meet.
The Lincoln-Pruitt Anti-Rape Device follows the Foxy Fire platoon as it tests the ultimate female weapon against male members of the Vietcong.
The Alumnae Bulletin chronicles the reunion of three female graduates as they sing the school song and swap sexual fiascos.
The title story, set in 13th century China, tells of 6-year-old Pleasure Mouse and her eagerness for the crippling process which will satisfy society’s ideal of beauty.