Best Sex Writing 2013: The State of Today's Sexual Culture - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573448990 ISBN 13: 9781573448994

Publisher: Cleis Press, 2013

Synopsis

The Best Sex Writing series has has fundamentally changed the way people think―and what they say―about sexuality. Once again, Rachel Kramer Bussel has collected the year’s most challenging and provocative nonfiction articles on this endlessly evocative subject. The essays here comprise a detailed, direct survey of the contemporary American sexual landscape. Major commentators examine the many roles sex plays in our lives in these literate and lively essays. Judged by the Dr. Carol Queen, who is without peer, this stunning collection of sexsmart essays is sure to stir the heart, the brain, as well as other major organs.

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From the Back Cover:

A Different Kind of Sex Education

The Best Sex Writing series has fundamentally changed the way people think and what they say about sexuality. Rachel Kramer Bussel has collected the year’s most challenging, literate and provocative pieces on this endlessly fascinating subject.

Major commentators examine the many roles sex plays in our lives, including Jonathan Lethem, who looks back on his first experience of being a young artist in a room with Live Nude Models.” Rachel Swan’s Sex by Numbers” does some data crunching on polyamory, which turns out to be one of the fastest growing relationship styles. Very Legal” is a surprising survey of senior sex by Alex Morris, and Melissa Gira Grant’s Happy Hookers” is an insider look at the normalization of prostitution.

Judged by the incomparable Dr. Carol Queen, this stunning collection of sex-smart essays stirs the heart and the most important sex organ of all the brain. From bisexuality to feminist BDSM and better vibrators, condoms in porn and Tim Tebow’s virginity, Best Sex Writing 2013 offers the smartest views on contemporary sexual culture.

About the Author:

Rachel Kramer Bussel, of Penthouse Variation fame, writes for The New York Observer and also pens two of the top rated blogs of today. She has been featured on national media such as The Gayle King Show, Top Chef, Martha Stewart, and much more. A prolific writer and editor, her titles include Passion, He’s on Top, She’s on Top, Do Not Disturb, and Only You. She lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cleis Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1573448990
• ISBN 13: 9781573448994
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212
• Editor: Bussel Rachel Kramer