The Sex Worker Chronicles
Mars van Grunsven is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in many of Holland's leading magazines and newspapers, including De Groene Amsterdammer, FEM Business and NRC Handelsblad. He writes about arts, business, literature, media and social issues.
What do hookers, strippers, and porn stars do all day? A new book, edited by a former rent boy, tells their stories in their own words-words that are NSFW.
Who's Murdering the Prostitutes of Albuquerque?
Sally Denton is a writer based in Santa Fe and author of six books, including The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America and the forthcoming The Pink Lady: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas (Bloomsbury Press).
At least 12 young women have been murdered, their bodies found in a pit in the desert. Sally Denton investigates the unanswered questions.
Uh, Mom, About That Prostitute…
Quinn Bradlee was born with Velo-Cardio-Facial syndrome (VCFS), the second-most-prevalent genetic syndrome in the world behind Down syndrome. He has worked as a documentary filmmaker and launched www.FriendsOfQuinn.com, to create an online community and resource for young adults with LD and their families. He is the son of Ben Bradlee, the former executive editor of the Washington Post, and Sally Quinn, journalist and best-selling author.
In an excerpt from A Different Life, his new memoir about growing up with disabilities, Quinn Bradlee, the son of Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn, visited a brothel to lose his virginity. Then he went to his mother and made the world's oldest confession.
Should Call Girls Kiss and Tell?
Tracy Quan's latest novel is Diary of a Jetsetting Call Girl, set in Provence and praised in The Nation as a "deft account of occupational rigors and anxieties before the crash." Tracy's debut, Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl, and the sequel, Diary of a Married Call Girl, are international bestsellers. A regular columnist for The Guardian, she has written for many publications including Cosmopolitan, The Financial Times, and The New York Times.
On the anniversary of Eliot Spitzer's exposed liaison with Ashley Dupre, a madam is considering releasing the names in her little black book. What ever happened to discretion? By Tracy Quan.
What Hookers Do on Valentine's Day
Tracy Quan's latest novel is Diary of a Jetsetting Call Girl, set in Provence and praised in The Nation as a "deft account of occupational rigors and anxieties before the crash." Tracy's debut, Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl, and the sequel, Diary of a Married Call Girl, are international bestsellers. A regular columnist for The Guardian, she has written for many publications including Cosmopolitan, The Financial Times, and The New York Times.
Is it good to be a call girl on the most romantic night of the year? Very. Unless you're getting engaged.
Merry X-Mas from Britney and Perez!
The Daily Beast is dedicated to news and commentary, culture, and entertainment. We carefully curate the web’s most essential stories and bring you original must-reads from our talented contributors.
What do Queen Elizabeth, Britney Spears, and Perez Hilton have in common? Video Christmas greetings!
When Markets Fall, So Do the Big Swinging Dicks
Mimi Swartz is executive editor of Texas Monthly, and the author, with Sherron Watkins, of Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron. She has been a staff writer at Talk and the New Yorker.
A blow by blow guide to the 4 stages of market related sexual dysfunction.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
The Daily Beast is dedicated to news and commentary, culture, and entertainment. We carefully curate the web’s most essential stories and bring you original must-reads from our talented contributors.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Jeffrey Koterba is an acclaimed syndicated political cartoonist. Since joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, he has been a finalist for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society and has placed second in the National Headliner Awards. His work is distributed through King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers nationwide, and has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post, among others.
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