Sex Writing

What Does the Success of 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Tell Us About American Readers?

Alma Katsu | Posted 05.15.2012

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If the phenomenal demand for Fifty Shades of Grey tells us anything, it tells us that female readers actually do want real sex in their books and they'll buy it if they know it's in there.

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Russell Smith: The most erotic organ is not the brain

The Globe and Mail | Russell Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Everyone has sex, just as everyone eats, yet we talk all the time about what we eat. To talk at work about last night's sex would be like talking abou...

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How Not To Write About Sex

themillions.com | Sonya Chung | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been said (possibly by Elvis Costello, though the attribution is murky) that "writing about music is like dancing about architecture." The same ...

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