The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Jean Genet vs. Jeanette Winterson
JEAN GENET VS. JEANETTE WINTERSON Our Lady of the Flowers, Jean Genet Divine and Darling. To my mind, they are the ideal pair of lovers. From my evil-smelling hole, beneath the coarse wool of the...
View ArticleThe Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: D.H. Lawrence vs. James Baldwin
D.H. LAWRENCE VS. JAMES BALDWIN It’s down to the last four. In this match-up, John Ashbery must choose between the swooning metaphors of D.H. Lawrence and the honest intimacy of James Baldwin. Lady...
View ArticleThe Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Jeanette Winterson vs. Philip Roth
JEANETTE WINTERSON VS. PHILIP ROTH It’s down to the last four. In this match-up, Walter Mosley must choose between the poetic immediacy of Jeanette Winterson and the manic priapism of Philip Roth....
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The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Final Four!
After feverish competition in the round of Sexy Sixteen, followed by the Erotic Eight, the Final Four of *ucking proved to be not so hotly contested. Continue below for judgements from the great John...
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The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: And the Winner Is…
After a grueling week of euphemizing, trash-talking, biologizing, and sexytime literary word-making, The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing is ready to declare a winner. But first, a recap. Round one...
View ArticleHamlet Was a Bro Who Didn’t Even Like Sex
What strikes me most about Hamlet, and Hamlet, is nothing. No, really—nothing. Whenever Shakespeare repeats a word, I think it deserves special attention. In Hamlet, nothing comes up thirty-one...
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A Prodigal Daughter Returns to Dublin
“Mr Salary” by Sally Rooney appears in Granta Magazine’s latest issue, New Irish Writing, #135. For more of today’s best writing: www.granta.com. To become a subscriber: www.granta.com/subscribe....
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@diski, Inventive to the Last
I have to call her @diski because that’s how we met, on Twitter. She was not one of those many writers who despise the medium, on which she was always open, critical, combative, funny, warm, and...
View ArticleLove is Boring and Hard to Write About, And Yet…
Let’s say you’re in a new relationship. You’re talking to a friend, and she asks you about it. Maybe she actually wants to know—curiosity, genuine interest—or maybe she senses that you’d like to speak....
View ArticleAction: A Book About Sex
Alone in the Bone Zone Feeling sexy mostly has to do with YOU YOURSELF—with your inner foundation, regardless of whether another person’s opinion of/attraction to that self sweeps through it. According...
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Dating Tips for the Unemployed
Yesterday when Sam kissed me, I remembered where I left my keys. They’d been missing a few days—I’d had to call a locksmith—when, with Sam’s lips touching mine, I had a revelation and cried out,...
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