In a posting earlier this week on his New York Times blog about books, David Kelly included an excerpt from Daphne Merkin’s essay, “Penises I Have Known,” one of the 23 pieces in the recently released compilation, “Best Sex Writing 2009,” edited by sex commentator and erotic author Rachel Kramer Bussel. Merkin’s essay, previously published in Playboy, considers Norman Mailer‘s and [...]
Archive for February 21st, 2009
Cream of the Crop: “Best Sex Writing 2009″
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The Bruce Kahn Collection & The Venerable Book Catalog
Posted in Books, Collectors & Collecting, Ephemera, Literature, Writers & Writing on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“We’ve all gotten pretty used to looking for books electronically . . . with the result that most dealers, for one reason or another, but usually because of the considerable production costs involved, have moved away from the printed catalogs, which is a shame, because there is still nothing like getting a lively new list [...]
