![Stories about first kisses tend to include the whole rainbow of emotions that we associate with formative adolescent experiences. They’re awkward, sweet and often, unintentionally hilarious. For their one-off zine, First Kiss, Marisa Meltzer and Elizabeth Spiridakis collected accounts of first kisses and they’ve invited some of the people behind their favorites to share their own kissing stories at 92YTribeca on May 26. Readers include:Lesley Arfin is the author of Dear Diary and former editor-in-chief of the now defunct Missbehave magazine. She has written for Nylon, Jane, Vice, jezebel.com, streetcarnage.com and has a running monthly column in the Aussie magazine Russh. She lives downtown.Zach Baron is a senior associate editor at the Village Voice and co-editor of the zine Perineum.Jon Caramanica writes about music and other things for The New York Times.Tavi Gevinson is a teenager. She blogs at Style Rookie. (Pre-taped story)Emily Gould is author of And the Heart Says Whatever, writes at emilymagazine.com and leaves the room during kissing scenes in movies.Gavin McInnes started Vice in 1994 and recently left to do Street Carnage. He is considered by most to be, “The primary architect of hipsterdom” and recently published a book of DOs & DON’Ts called Street Boners: 1,714 Hipster Fashion Jokes, out in May. He has a big mustache.Marisa Meltzer is co-editor of First Kiss and author of Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music.Ashley Merriman is a lover, not a fighter. She’s a chef, not a writer. Leon Neyfakh is a reporter at the New York Observer. He has a tumblr at leoncrawl.tumblr.com.Doree Shafrir is a freelance writer living in Brooklyn. Her website is www.doreeshafrir.com.Elizabeth Spiridakis is the co-editor of First Kiss and the lunatic behind the blog White Lightning. Spencer Tweedy is 14, lives in Chicago and blogs at spencertweedy.com. (Pre-taped story)[Tickets]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l16hjdyhiM1qzsl3do1_250.gif)
Stories about first kisses tend to include the whole rainbow of emotions that we associate with formative adolescent experiences. They’re awkward, sweet and often, unintentionally hilarious. For their one-off zine, First Kiss, Marisa Meltzer and Elizabeth Spiridakis collected accounts of first kisses and they’ve invited some of the people behind their favorites to share their own kissing stories at 92YTribeca on May 26. Readers include:
Lesley Arfin is the author of Dear Diary and former editor-in-chief of the now defunct Missbehave magazine. She has written for Nylon, Jane, Vice, jezebel.com, streetcarnage.com and has a running monthly column in the Aussie magazine Russh. She lives downtown.
Zach Baron is a senior associate editor at the Village Voice and co-editor of the zine Perineum.
Jon Caramanica writes about music and other things for The New York Times.
Tavi Gevinson is a teenager. She blogs at Style Rookie. (Pre-taped story)
Emily Gould is author of And the Heart Says Whatever, writes at emilymagazine.com and leaves the room during kissing scenes in movies.
Gavin McInnes started Vice in 1994 and recently left to do Street Carnage. He is considered by most to be, “The primary architect of hipsterdom” and recently published a book of DOs & DON’Ts called Street Boners: 1,714 Hipster Fashion Jokes, out in May. He has a big mustache.
Marisa Meltzer is co-editor of First Kiss and author of Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music.
Ashley Merriman is a lover, not a fighter. She’s a chef, not a writer.
Leon Neyfakh is a reporter at the New York Observer. He has a tumblr at leoncrawl.tumblr.com.
Doree Shafrir is a freelance writer living in Brooklyn. Her website is www.doreeshafrir.com.
Elizabeth Spiridakis is the co-editor of First Kiss and the lunatic behind the blog White Lightning.
Spencer Tweedy is 14, lives in Chicago and blogs at spencertweedy.com. (Pre-taped story)
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