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Release Date: May 16, 2006
ISBN: 9781573442374
eISBN: 9781573448628

Best Sex Writing 2006

by Felice Newman, Frédérique Delacoste

Sometimes surprising, always stimulating — this book offers a snapshot of America's complex sexual practices and mores as seen through Cleis's unique lens. It is the best nonfiction sex journalism of the year in one unforgettable book.

In a single generation, Cleis Press has fundamentally changed the way people talk — and what they read — about sex and gender. Founded by Felice Newman and Frédérique Delacoste in 1980, the press's mission is to explore and celebrate sex in all its forms, with a decided tilt toward the queer and the subversive. For the first time, Cleis's founders bring their own sex-positive sensibilities to bear on one of their most popular series. In Best Sex Writing 2006, they've collected the year's most challenging and provocative nonfiction articles on this endlessly evocative subject. The essays here comprise a detailed, direct survey of the contemporary American sexual landscape, a landscape Newman and Delacoste helped shape with such ground-breaking books as Sex Work and The Good Vibrations Guide to Sex. Major commentators both in and out of Cleis's stable of writers examine the many roles sex plays in our lives in these literate and lively essays.

 
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About the author Felice Newman
 
 

As publisher of Cleis Press from 1980 to 2014, Felice Newman has developed and edited books on sexuality and gender by Violet Blue, Patrick Califia, Carol Queen, Joan Nestle, and Tristan Taormino. A writer and sex educator, she lives in San Francisco.


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About the author Frederique Delacoste
 

Frederique Delacoste was co-publisher of Cleis Press until 2014. She lives in San Francisco. Sex Work "Sex Work takes the discussion away from the screenwriters and places it firmly within the language of workers themselves." —The Village Voice "A very ambitious and diverse collection." —The Women’s Review of Books "An absolutely smashing book—a must read for...


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"[P]owerful and intriguing pieces"

-- Lance Eaton, Curled Up With A Good Book

 

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