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Rachel Kramer Bussel

Rachel Kramer Bussel (rachelkramerbussel.com) is the editor of over 40 anthologies, including Anything for You: Erotica for Kinky Couples, Suite Encounters and Going Down.

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Mythology

Celebration of an Unmistakably Sad Life

<p><i>Heaven Adores You</i> is a soulful, moving tribute that doesn’t try to have the last word, but offers an intimate look at Elliott Smith’s evolution as an artist.<br> </p>

Rachel Kramer Bussel

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Nasty Stuff

Can Pedophiles Help Themselves?

That and other provocative questions about human sexuality are raised by Jesse Bering in his new book, Perv. He talks to Rachel Kramer Bussel about bestiality, sexual norms, and foot fetishists.

Rachel Kramer Bussel

articles/2013/07/09/erotic-lit-your-grandmother-will-like/130709-granny-porn-tease_be403u
50 Shades of 60

Erotic Lit for Grandma

A candidate for the state senate is under fire for her romance writing, but she’s part of a growing trend of erotica for the gray-haired set.

Rachel Kramer Bussel

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Awards

Organic, Fair-Trade Porn

Rachel Kramer Bussel attended the Feminist Porn Awards to find a new generation of erotic performers with a mission.

Rachel Kramer Bussel

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Required Reading

‘50 Shades of Grey’ Goes to College

The publishing phenom will be the subject of an American Studies course in the spring semester. By Rachel Kramer Bussel.

Rachel Kramer Bussel

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Modern Love

How to Overcome Sex Addiction

Memoirist Jennie Ketcham talks to Rachel Kramer Bussel about her past as pornography actress Penny Flame, and how she quit the business.

Rachel Kramer Bussel

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Yes, There is a G-Spot

New science claims the ultimate female erogenous zone doesn’t exist. Rachel Kramer Bussel talks to sex researchers and historians who know where to find it. A Daily Beast probe.

Rachel Kramer Bussel

I Can't Stop Praying

Actress and memoirist Abby Sher talks about her lifetime struggle with severe OCD, why she has to pray 100 times a day, and how acting helped her regain some control.

Rachel Kramer Bussel

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Sexting Advice for Tiger

The golf star's recently released text messages to one of his paramours left everyone cringing. Rachel Kramer Bussel on the dos and don’ts of this new epistolary form.

Rachel Kramer Bussel

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Of Meat and Men

Julia & Julia author Julie Powell lays it all—a messy love affair, obsession with butchering—on the table for a chat with Rachel Kramer Bussel about her new memoir, Cleaving.

Rachel Kramer Bussel

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