Ask the Artist: Liz Phair
By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-Chief
When it was released 15 years ago, Exile in Guyville turned heads and dropped jaws. It was a stunning work, its songs brimming with sexual frankness, bitter spite and adolescent uncertainty. But while people were keen to cue in on the album's more transgressive lyrics — usually a toss-up between "fuck and run" and "I want to be your blowjob queen" — what was often overlooked was just how wrenching and sad it was. The… more »