Bear Down Wildcats

Noonan: It’s hard to remember exactly how it evolved. I think I just started writing it and let it go where it wanted to. I just started writing about a woman watching Gronkowski go berserk on TV. There wasn't much plot to that, so then I added the husband. About the ending, though: I just felt the ending needed some "oomph." It's surreal, and just takes it to the level of impossible fantasy. I think I should also say that the ball doesn't exactly go into her "butt."

Slate: God, sorry. There is a fine distinction there.

Noonan: I remember reading about how Kafka didn't want the "bug" on the cover of Metamorphosis. Gronk's spike impacts in a mystical, non-physical realm of Leigh's being. Although, quickly scanning my Word doc, I found that I wrote "between her butt-cheeks." So, jury's still out on that one.