In the Flesh is a monthly reading series held the third Thursday of every month at the appropriately named Happy Ending Lounge, and features the city's best erotic writers sharing stories to get you hot and bothered, hosted and curated by erotic writer/editor Rachel Kramer Bussel (Best Sex Writing series, Do Not Disturb, Spanked, Dirty Girls, etc.). From erotic poetry to down and dirty smut, these authors get naked on the page and will make you lust after them and their words. Themed nights have included True Sex Confessions, Revenge of the Sex Columnists, GLBT Night, and Comedy Sex. Readers have included Laura Antoniou, Mo Beasley, Susie Bright, Lily Burana, Jessica Cutler, Stephen Elliott, Martha Garvey, Gael Greene, Andy Horwitz, Debra Hyde, Maxim Jakubowski, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Tsaurah Litzky, Suzanne Portnoy, Sofia Quintero, M.J. Rose, Danyel Smith, Grant Stoddard, Cecilia Tan, Carol Taylor, Veronica Vera, Zane and others. In The Flesh debuted in October 2005. Contact rachelkramerbussel at gmail.com for bookings, press, or questions. Click here In The Flesh: Los Angeles. “…writer and host Rachel Kramer Bussel welcomes eroticism of all stripes, spots and textures to the Happy Ending lounge on the Lower East Side.,” New York Times UrbanEye newsletter, August 15, 2007 email rachelkramerbussel at gmail.com for booking or other information or interview requests

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Photo from September 20th's Best Of night

More photos and video coming soon! Also, there were two people taking our photo, hence some of us are looking one way, some another.

Best Of In The Flesh readers

Taken at In The Flesh Reading Series, September 20, 2007 at Happy Ending Lounge, NYC, by Brian Van

L to R: Jake Thomas, "Sex Scenes" performer, Polly Frost, author of Deep Inside and "Sex Scenes," Jessica Cutler, author of The Washingtonienne, host Rachel Kramer Bussel, Samara O'Shea, author of For the Love of Letters, Andrew Boyd, author of Daily Afflictions

posted by Rachel at Tuesday, September 25, 2007