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Join NOW!This week, rising voice Emma Horwitz writes about teenage girls looking for some under-the-pants action (if you know what I mean (I’m talking about fingering)) at Vol. 1 Brooklyn. Horwitz’s story, appropriately titled “Fingering,” is a welcome and refreshing addition to the small range of narratives that show teenage girls as the single-minded, sex-mad creatures […]
...moreKim Devereux outlines some rules for writing good sex. (But never bad sex.) Do go for the etymological dictionary for epithets that feel historical: like, membrum virile, arbor vitae (from the late 18th century, for a type of evergreen shrub), wrinkly (early 15th century) or bole (early 14th century, from Old Norse bolr meaning tree trunk).
...moreE.L. James is releasing a new book for the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise. The latest iteration of the popular pornographic pulp fiction is told from the perspective of Christian Grey. And sometimes from the point of view of his penis. The Gawker Review of Books has a rundown of all the things Christian Grey’s […]
...moreI, too, want to feel a buzz, but I have no illusions. It takes effort. Reading good books requires discipline.
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