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

Thursday, February 19, 2009

In The Flesh in New York Times UrbanEye newsletter

Thanks to Melena Ryzik, editor of the fabulous New York Times newsletter UrbanEye for giving tonight's reading a shoutout. Make sure to bookmark and subscribe to UrbanEye for very cool NYC events, every day!

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Bedtime Stories

The sex guru Susie Bright stops by the In the Flesh reading series tonight to share her latest anthology, “X: The Erotic Treasury.” ’Nuff said? No? Eight of her contributing writers will tell tales of gas-station hookups, Baltimore prosties and tennis matches where lob has a whole other meaning. Ruh roh!

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posted by Rachel at Thursday, February 19, 2009