We have so much free food in addition to free copies of
Off The Set being given away and a free vibrator and Kegel sex toy from
EdenFantasys and more. Snacks include potato and tortilla chips (multiple kinds!), chocolate-covered peanut butter pretzels, chocolate-covered cranberries, 250 cupcakes in flavors like mint chocolate chip, red velvet and cookie dough from
Baked by Melissa and so much more. Doors at 7 - see you there!
In The Flesh logo by Molly Crabapple
There is no RSVP requirement, but if you'd like to RSVP and/or spread the word on Facebook,
click here for the Media Sex Night event listing. See also the
In The Flesh Reading Series fan page on Facebook. Note early start time.
IN THE FLESH EROTIC READING SERIES
MEDIA SEX NIGHT
July 15, 2010, 7:30 pm - 10 pm
AT HAPPY ENDING LOUNGE, 302 BROOME STREET, NYC
(B/D to Grand, J/M/Z to Bowery, F to Delancey or F/V to 2nd Avenue, http://www.happyendinglounge.com)
Between Forsyth & Eldridge. Look for the hot pink awning that says "XIE HE Health Club."
Admission: Free
Happy Ending Lounge: 212-334-9676
http://www.inthefleshreadingseries.comMedia superstars invade
In The Flesh. Featuring
Kevin Allison (
The State, RISK show),
Penny Arcade (
Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore!),
Twanna A. Hines (FunkyBrownChick.com),
Jillian Lauren (
New York Times bestselling author of
Some Girls: My Life in a Harem),
Paulie & Pauline (
Off The Set),
Jerry Portwood (
New York Press),
Rachel Shukert (
Everything Is Going to Be Great) and reading plus performance from
Jo Weldon (
The Burlesque Handbook). Hosted by
Rachel Kramer Bussel (
Fast Girls, Please, Sir, Please, Ma’am). Sponsored by
New York Press. Books will be available for sale by
Mobile Libris. 100 free copies of
Sexis Magazine will be distributed. Free
Baked by Melissa cupcakes, candy and chips will be served. This is the countdown to the final In The Flesh December 16th so don't miss a very special night!
In the Flesh is a monthly reading series hosted at the appropriately named
Happy Ending Lounge, and features the country's best erotic writers sharing stories to get you hot and bothered, hosted and curated by acclaimed erotic writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel. The series was named
Best Reading Series by
New York Press in 2009. 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. Since its debut in October 2005, In the Flesh has featured such authors as Mike Albo, Laura Antoniou, Mo Beasley, Susie Bright, Lily Burana, Jessica Cutler, Mike Daisey, Stephen Elliott, Valerie Frankel, Polly Frost, Gael Greene, Andy Horwitz, Debra Hyde, Maxim Jakubowski, Emily Scarlet Kramer of CAKE, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Edith Layton, Logan Levkoff, Suzanne Portnoy, Julie Powell, Sofia Quintero, M.J. Rose, Lauren Sanders, Danyel Smith, Grant Stoddard, Cecilia Tan, Carol Taylor, Dana Vachon, Veronica Vera, Susan Wright, Zane and many others. The series has gotten press attention from the
New York Times’s UrbanEye, Daily Candy,
Escape (Hong Kong), Flavorpill,
The L Magazine, New York Magazine, NBC New York,
New York Post, New York Observer, Philadelphia City Paper, Time Out New York, Flavorwire, Fork in the Road, Gawker, Gothamist, Jezebel.com, Nerve.com, Serious Eats, Tasting Table and Wonkette, and has been praised by Dr. Ruth.
Kevin Allison is a member of the legendary sketch comedy troupe The State, whose series on MTV in the mid-90s was influential for many of today's comics. He is the creator and host of RISK!, a popular live show and audio podcast where people tell true tales they never thought they'd dare to share. The live show won the ECNY Award for Best Variety Show in New York of 2009 and the podcast version of RISK! has been downloaded nearly 700,000 times now. Kevin's recent film and TV appearances include
Reno 911!: Miami, The Ten, Wedding Daze, VH1’s
Best Week Ever, Comedy Central’s
Viva Variety and
Stella, and HBO’s
Flight of the Conchords. Behind the scenes, Kevin has written for Blue Man Group Productions and JibJab. In the print world, Kevin’s writing has appeared in
The Village Voice, Giant, Premiere and
Film Journal. He has served as the Artistic Director of The Peoples Improv Theater in New York and teaches comedy writing there, at New York University, at The Philly Improv Theater and online at www.filmlab.ca. He can be reached at Kevin at risk-show.com .
Penny Arcade aka Susana Ventura is an internationally acclaimed and respected performance, theater, video artist, as well as a writer, poet, essayist, and cultural icon. She is one of the few performance artists to gain international renown in the mainstream entertainment world.
Bad Reputation [Semiotext(e)] is the first book about Penny Arcade and her work.
photo by Jasmine Hirst
Rachel Kramer Bussel is an author, editor, blogger and reading series host. She is Senior Editor at
Penthouse Variations and a former sex columnist for
The Village Voice. She’s edited over 30 anthologies, including the kink-themed
Spanked, Bottoms Up, Yes, Sir, Yes, Ma'am, He's on Top, She's on Top, Rubber Sex as well as
Fast Girls, Orgasmic, Peep Show, The Mile High Club: Plane Sex Stories, Do Not Disturb: Hotel Sex Stories, Tasting Him, Tasting Her, and the non-fiction
Best Sex Writing series. Her books won 3 2009 Independent Publisher Awards. Her writing been published in publications such as Clean Sheets,
Cosmopolitan, The Daily Beast, Fresh Yarn, Huffington Post, Mediabistro,
Newsday, New York Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Tango, The Village Voice, and
Time Out New York, and in over 100 anthologies, including
Best American Erotica 2004 and
2006. Rachel conducts nationwide readings and erotic writing workshops. She has hosted In The Flesh since October 2005.
www.rachelkramerbussel.com
photo by Anya Garrett
Twanna A. Hines is a sex, dating and relationships writer. She has written for Huffington Post, Lifetime, Nerve, New York Press, Fast Company and others. She has appeared on CNN, NPR, Sirius Satellite Radio as well as CBC, and she has been quoted in the Village Voice, New York magazine, Gawker Media, The San Francisco Chronicle,
EbonyJet, The Baltimore Sun, Vibe and elsewhere. AOL recognized her award-winning site, FUNKY BROWN CHICK®. She attended New York University and other schools. Her B.S. and M.A. degrees are in sociology. Having lived in London, Chicago, Amsterdam, Los Angeles and The Hague, she speaks English and Dutch fluently as well as conversational French. She enjoys passionate love affairs with faraway lands and intelligent men. Get down with the funky brown! ™
www.funkybrownchick.com
Jillian Lauren’s is the author of the memoir
Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, Plume 2010. She has an MFA from Antioch University and her writing has appeared in
The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Flaunt Magazine and
Opium Magazine, among others. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son. Her novel,
Pretty, is scheduled to be released from Plume in Spring 2011.
www.jillianlauren.com
Paulie & Pauline seek out candid moments in the human experience with a curiosity that is heavily influenced by their backgrounds in journalism and sociology. Mostly, though, their photos reflect their voyeuristic fascination with people and their stories. Photos from
Off the Set: Porn Stars and Their Partners have been published in print and online, appeared in several group exhibitions of fine-art photography, and are included in the permanent collections at the Museum of Sex in New York City and the art gallery at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.
www.paulieandpauline.comJerry Portwood is the editor-in-chief of New York Press. He is also the founding editor of CityArts, an arts-only newsweekly focused on arts and culture in NYC. His short fiction and essays have appeared in regional and international publications. He keeps saying he's working on a book.
Rachel Shukert is the author of
Everything Is Going to Be Great and
Have You No Shame? and Other Regrettable Stories. Her work has been featured on National Public Radio, as well as in Salon, McSweeny's, Slate, The Daily Beast, and Gawker, among others. She has contributed to several notable print anthologies, including
Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists, Best Sex Writing (Rachel Kramer Bussel, ed.) and
Best American Poetry. She is a contributing editor at Tablet Magazine. Her first feature screenplay is currently in development with Yarn Films.
rachelshukert.com
Jo Weldon is the Headmistress and Founder of the New York School of Burlesque. Internationally renowned as burlesque personality Jo Boobs, she's rounded her heels on stages from Coney Island to Las Vegas. She's the winner of such exotic titles as Best Bump N Grinder, Best Teacher and Mentor, and Biggest Cougar in Burlesque! She has worked with performers from Leonard Cohen to Spinal Tap, and has been featured on television shows from
CBS Sunday Morning to
Gossip Girl. Her book,
The Burlesque Handbook: A Backstage Guide, featuring a foreword by Margaret Cho, was released by HarperCollins/ItBooks in June 2010.
www.schoolofburlesque.com
You will hear from the following books:
The Burlesque Handbook by Jo Weldon
Some Girls: My life in a Harem by Jillian Lauren
Everything Is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour by Rachel Shukert
Off The Set: Porn Stars and Their Partners by Paulie & Pauline
(see Madison Young reading from
Off the Set at In The Flesh
here)
Labels: burlesque, Happy Ending Lounge, In The Flesh, Jerry Portwood, Jo Weldon, Kevin Allison, media, New York, Paulie and Pauline, Penny Arcade, Rachel Shukert, sexuality, Twanna A. Hines
Bottoms Up: Spanking Good Stories
Do Not Disturb: Hotel Sex Stories
Yes, Sir: Erotic Stories of Male Dominance
Best Sex Writing 2008
