Mythology
Heaven Adores You 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.
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.
Nasty Stuff
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.
50 Shades of 60
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.
Awards
Rachel Kramer Bussel attended the Feminist Porn Awards to find a new generation of erotic performers with a mission.
Required Reading
The publishing phenom will be the subject of an American Studies course in the spring semester. By Rachel Kramer Bussel.
Modern Love
Memoirist Jennie Ketcham talks to Rachel Kramer Bussel about her past as pornography actress Penny Flame, and how she quit the business.
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.
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.
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.
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.