Escape the rain for some FREE cupcakes, plus chips, cookies, candy, sex toy giveaways and all these amazing readers! 7:30-10 pm.
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 September 16th In The Flesh event listing. See also the
In The Flesh Reading Series fan page on Facebook. Note early start time. I'm calling this Virgin Night since everyone but Marcy is a first-time reader, and many are first-time authors.
IN THE FLESH EROTIC READING SERIES
VIRGIN NIGHT
September 16, 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.comFeaturing African-American erotica, a mystery writer, a burlesque romance writer, a novelist and more! Featuring
Logan Belle, author of a forthcoming burlesque romance series, erotica writer
Megan Butcher (contributor,
Best Bondage Erotica 2011), novelist
Marcy Dermansky (
Bad Marie), novelist
Lee Houck (
Yield),
Greg Olear (
Totally Killer),
Moshe Shulman ("The Wise One") and
Can't Help the Way That I Feel: Sultry Stories of African American Love, Lust and Fantasy editor
Lori Bryant-Woolridge and contributors
Sasha James and
Erika J. Kendrick (
Appetites, Confessions of a Rookie Cheerleader). Hosted by
Rachel Kramer Bussel (
Fast Girls, Please, Sir, Please, Ma’am). 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.
Logan Belle is the pen name of a publishing insider who went to her first burlesque show on her birthday two years ago and has been following and writing about the scene ever since. Her debut erotic novel,
The Blue Angel, will be published by Kensington in May 2011. Logan Belle lives in New York City.
www.loganbelle.comLori Bryant-Woolridge, editor of
Can't Help the Way That I Feel, is an Emmy award-winning writer and the author of three
Essence best-selling novels, including
Weapons of Mass Seduction, Hitts & Mrs., and
Read Between the Lies. She has contributed to several award-winning anthologies including,
A Celebration of African-American Fiction, Brown Sugar #3: Opposites Attract, and
Best Black Women’s Erotica. Lori is also a sensuality coach and founder of Stiletto U, a virtual university that advocates healthy, sensuous lifestyles.
http://www.canthelpthewaythatifeel.blogspot.com/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.comphoto by Anya Garrett
Megan Butcher is a librarian, sex educator and writer who lives in Ottawa, Ontario with her slightly demented tabby. Co-author of the zine
A Guide to the Mannerly Wooing and Winning of the Object of Your Affection, her work has also appeared in several Canadian publications. Look for her forthcoming story in
Best Bondage Erotica 2011 due out later this year or check out her smut blog at
meganbutcher.com/weeklydose.
Marcy Dermansky is the author of the novels
Bad Marie and
Twins. Hailed by The Nervous Breakdown’s Gina Frangello as “genuinely sexy, dark and subversive but also freaking weirdly hilarious,” Bad Marie has been selected as a Barnes and Noble Fall 2010 Discover Great New Writers pick.
Time magazine pronounced
Bad Marie “irresistible.” She serves as a board member of the online literary community Fictionaut and is a film critic for About.com.
www.marcydermansky.comLee Houck was born in Chattanooga, TN and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. His first novel,
Yield, was the winner of Project Queerlit 2008 and is forthcoming from Kensington Books in September 2010. His other writing appears in numerous anthologies including two volumes of
Best Gay Erotica, two volumes of the literary journal Ganymede, the Australian art book
Hair, and two limited-edition chapbooks. He has also worked with Jennifer Miller's Circus Amok for many, many seasons.
www.leehouck.com Sasha James is a prolific writer, who paints pictures with her words. She’s the author of
One+One=Two and
Two+One=Ecstasy. Previously, she has penned four steamy novels, and is hard at work on the fifth. Sasha divides her time between New York and Chicago.
Erika J. Kendrick, a Chicago native who holds a Stanford degree and an MBA in marketing and international business, is an acclaimed author/writer/producer...
on love! Previously an NBA cheerleader for the Chicago Bulls, her first novel,
Confessions of a Rookie Cheerleader (Random House) was released in 2007 and the second title in the series,
Appetite (Random House) in 2009. Her erotica short story, "The Accidental Escort, is part of the anthology
Can’t Help The Way That I Feel (Cleis Press, 2010)." A quintessential mover and maker, Erika has been a guest of
The Wendy Williams Experience, BETJ's My Two Cents, V-103, AOL BV and a host of other media outlets. She’s been featured in several publications, including Page Six of
The New York Post, The Chicago Tribune, SET (Sports and Entertainment Today),
Ebony, Upscale, Black Beat, Uptown, NV, Honey Magazine and several others.
www.erikakendrick.comGreg Olear is the senior editor of the online literary magazine T
he Nervous
Breakdown and the author of the novels
Totally Killer (Harper, 2009) and
the forthcoming
Fathermucker (Harper, 2012). A longtime resident of New
York, he now lives with his wife and two children in his hometown in the
Jersey suburbs.
www.totallykiller.comMoshe Schulman is a writer and musician living in New York City. His essays have been published in
WORDS. His essay, "The Wise One," was featured in Sweet: Actors Read Writers reading series in New York City. He was the recipient of a 2009 Waiter Scholarship from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. He is currently at work on a memoir about leaving the Ultra Orthodox Jewish community of Monsey, NY.
www.mosheschulman.comYou will hear from the following books:
Can't Help The Way That I Feel edited by Lori Bryant-Woolridge
Please, Ma'am: Erotic Stories of Male Submission edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel
Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky
Yield by Lee Houck
Totally Killer by Greg Olear
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