The Burning Pen: Sex Writers on Sex Writing
by M. Christian
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In this groundbreaking work, contemporary writers of erotica reflect on how their work originates, how their sexuality shapes their words and, more importantly, how their words have affected their sexuality. More than a dozen authors - including Laura Antoniou, Patrick Califia-Rice (Pat Califia), Felice Picano, Leslea Newman, Jack Fritscher and Shar Rednour - deliver an eye-opening, thought-provoking examination of the craft of writing about sex. And, what's more, each writer includes his or show more her favourite erotic story. show lessTags
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M. Christian is the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling book of erotic stories, Dirty Words. He is coeditor with Simon Sheppard of Rough Stuff: Tales of Gay Men, Sex, and Power, and editor of Guilty Pleasures: True Stories of Erotic Indulgences, Midsummer Night's Dreams: One Story, Many Tales, and Eros Ex Machina: Eroticizing the show more Mechanical. His short fiction has appeared in more than 100 anthologies and periodicals. He lives in San Francisco. show less
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- Fiction and Literature, LGBTQ+
- DDC/MDS
- 808.3 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Rhetoric of fiction
- LCC
- PN3377.5 .E76 .B87 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Prose. Prose fiction Technique. Authorship
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- English
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