Best Sex Book Reading
March 9th, 2008If you’re in San Francisco on March 27th, come to this:
“The Center for Sex and Culture presents the best in sex journalism! Join the local contributors of Best Sex Writing 2008 for a reading on Thursday, March 27 at 7:00pm, at 1519 Mission Street, San Francisco (in between 11th Street and South Van Ness Avenue) . From dangerous dildos to professional submissives, the erotic appeal of twins, sex work, pornography and much more, these authors delve into the far reaches of eroticism. Probing stereotypes, truths, and the tricky areas in between, Best Sex Writing 2008 opens the bedroom door and explores the complexity of modern sexuality with thought-provoking, cutting-edge essays and articles.
Authors Violet Blue, Paul Festa, Amy André, and Melissa Gira will read and sign books afterwards.
Violet Blue (”Kink.com and Porn Hysteria: The Lie of Unbiased Reporting”) is author and editor of nearly two dozen sexual health books and erotica collections. She is a professional sex educator, lecturer, podcaster, blogger, vlogger, porn/erotica reviewer and machine artist. She has written for outlets ranging from Forbes.com to O, The Oprah Magazine. Violet’s website is tinynibbles.com.
Paul Festa’s (”How Insensitive”) sex essays appear in Nerve, Salon, and Best Sex Writing 2005 and Best Sex Writing 2006. His movie Apparition of the Eternal Church, about the music of Olivier Messianen, was named Best North American Independent Feature Film at the 2006 Indianapolis International Film Festival. He is currently revising a novel and can be found online at paulfesta.com.
Amy André (”The Study of Sex’) has a master’s degree in human sexuality studies from San Francisco State University. She works as a sex educator and writer.
Melissa Gira (”The Pink Ghetto [A Four-Part Series]) is a blogger, writer, editor of Sexerati.com, and a contributor to $pread magazine and the blogs BoundNotGagged, Gridskipper, and bub.licio.us. Visit her at melissagira.com. ”
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