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Playboy Rules
by Steven J. Frank
"By prodding itself into the mainstream so frequently and
for so long, Playboy has enshrined a certain edginess for itself
– an edginess that won’t disappear even as the content flattens..."
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Interview with
Hanne Blank
by Heather Corinna
Heather talks with the author of Big Big Love: A Sourcebook
on Sex for People of Size and Those Who Love Them about erotica,
pornography, and the troubles writers face with mainstream and erotica
markets.
Escaping the Sex
Ghetto
by M.J. Rose
"Obviously sex sells, and no one deserves some mainstream
success more than this self-described" Jewish grandmother who writes
all this dirty stuff...."
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Zine Reviews
by Ingrid Woodrow, Tom Hartman
Do you demand the most from your literary zines? So do we - which
is why we're telling you what we think of LitKit,
Archipelago, Clean
Sheets and Margin. Plus we
have two views of Scarlet
Letters.
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<- FILM & SCREENWRITING ->
Remote
Control
by Nick Burton
 What
would film be without sex? And what would sex be without obsession?
Obsession is the stuff of great drama, and to prove it here are
three of the best known films on the topic: Lolita,
Pandora’s Box and Last
Tango in Paris.
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<- MUSIC & SONGWRITING ->
Stick It In Your
Ear
by Curt Cloninger
 Curt
takes a look at the thinking man's band of the '70s, Steely Dan,
and some of the most esoteric lyrics of that era.
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<- POETRY ->
"Seizure"
by Jenny Factor
"Montreal, 2:30 am"
by Bob McCranie
"The Private Sector"
by Diane Raptosh
"Of Music & Paragons
& Translation"
by Sam Rasnake
"The Queen of Tarts"
by M. Yakich
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<- MICRO-FICTION ->
"The Savoy Bar and
Social Club"
by Eugenie Hero
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<- MACRO-FICTION ->
"Dive"
by Amy Weintraub
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<- BOOK LOVERS ->
Massage
Novel by Henry Flesh
Reviewed by Lisa Ciccarello
"As a sexual
novel, Massage would do more to turn me away from sex than
turn me on. Set in the early '90s, a time when AIDS is an inescapable
part of homosexual life, this book focuses on Randy, a gay "masseuse"
living in New York with his boyfriend/pimp, Jake..."
The Eastgate
Quarterly Review of Hypertext Vol. 2, Number 1
Published by Eastgate Systems, Inc.
Reviewed by Candace B. Moonshower
"If the writing that is produced under the auspices of hypertext
does not reach the intelligent, perceptive reader, then the form
is not going to save it, no matter how cutting-edge..."
What To Read
Recommendations by Camille Renshaw
Two great sections - Web-based texts that deserve your
attention and upcoming e-books, hypertexts, and print books. Discover
the latest works from your favorite authors.
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<- TALKBACK ->
Last
Word
Our readers spout off. Now's your chance to find out what some
people really think of us.
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<- REFERENCE ->
Pif's
SexHall
Find out who's doing who ... err, what ... in our guide
to literary erotica on the Net.
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