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, April 20, 2010

Nerd Sex Night group photo

From last week's Nerd Sex Night:



Back: Mike Albo, Elizabeth Bard, Emily Cavalier, Laura G. Duncan, Rachel
Kramer Bussel
Front: Emerald
Not pictured: Stephen Elliott
Photo by: Monty

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Mike Albo gets spammed at Nerd Sex Night, In The Flesh Reading Series

Mike Albo gave one of the standout performances of Nerd Sex Night last week. Do watch it and send it to anyone you know who gets spam (or has sex with butterflies)! See www.mikealbo.com for more on his work and where to catch him performing next. Be sure to come to May 20th's True Sex Confessions Night too!

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Monday, April 19, 2010

Oral sex and anal sex at the Apple Store in "Shift Change" by Emerald

Ironically, I'm posting this from an Apple Store! Emerald read her Best Women's Erotica 2010> story "Shift Change" at Nerd Sex Night at In THe Flesh last week. Get the book to read the whole juicy story.

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Sunday, April 18, 2010

May 20th is True Sex Confessions Night


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 True Sex Confessions event listing. See also the In The Flesh Reading Series fan page on Facebook.

IN THE FLESH EROTIC READING SERIES
TRUE SEX CONFESSIONS NIGHT
May 20, 2010, 8 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.com


True Sex Confessions is back! Featuring comedians Dave and Ethan, The New York Times Magazine reporter Benoit Denizet-Lewis (author of American Voyeur), David Ellis Dickerson (author of the memoir House of Cards), Rae Padilla Francoeur (author of the memoir Free Fall, A Late in Life Love Affair), Gina Frangello (author of the short story collection Slut Lullabies), comedian Ryan Paulson, Kathleen Rooney (author of the essay collection For You, For You I Am Trilling These Songs). Hosted by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Editor, Peep Show, Bottoms Up). Free Astroglide samples will be given out. Authors' books will be available for sale from Mobile Libris. 100 free copies of Sexis Magazine will be distributed and a $25 gift card to online sex toy retailer EdenFantasys will be raffled off. Free cupcakes by Baked by Melissa and chips, cookies and candy will be served.

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 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, 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, 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.

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 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

Using ads on Craigslist and YouTube, best friends Dave and Ethan invited pairs of women to double date them. Two hundred dates later, their experiences have been translated into reenactments, educational songs, and valuable lessons in everything from dancing to kissing. Now, with a monthly show at the People’s Improv Theater, performances at various comedy clubs throughout New York City, and a national
college tour, they attempt to enlighten their audiences on the art of romance.



Benoit Denizet-Lewis is a writer with The New York Times Magazine who has authored memorable and controversial cover stories about teens and sex, men on the down low, fraternity boys, young gay married men in Massachusetts, and kids coming out in middle school (which one the recent GLAAD award for best magazine article of 2009). He is the author of America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life, about addiction in this country, and American Voyeur: Dispatches from the Far Reaches of Modern Life, which is a collection of his previously published writing about youth culture, gender, and sexuality. He lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
www.benoitdenizetlewis.com/



David Ellis Dickerson is the author of a humorous memoir, House of Cards (Riverhead, October 2009), about his life as a geeky recovering fundamentalist writing greeting cards for Hallmark. He is a regular contributor to public radio's "This American Life," and hosts a videoblog called "Greeting Card Emergency," on YouTube, which has drawn the attention of such public radio shows as "Talk of the Nation" and "Studio 360." He is currently at work on his second book, which should probably be called Thank God For Public Radio, but won't be.
www.davidellisdickerson.com



Rae Padilla Francoeur is a journalist and editor. She is the author of Free Fall: A Late-in-Life Love Affair. She has managed a number of magazines and newspapers, and she writes book reviews, essays, nonfiction articles, short stories, and novels. She divides her time between Rockport, MA and Manhattan. Read more about Rae’s adventures at freefallrae.blogspot.com/.



Gina Frangello is the author of the novel My Sister's Continent (Chiasmus 2006) and the collection Slut Lullabies (Emergency Press 2010.) The longtime editor of the literary magazine Other Voices, she co-founded its book press, Other Voices Books, in 2005 and is now the Executive Editor of the press' Chicago office. She is also the Editor of the Fiction Section at The Nervous Breakdown. Her work has appeared in many literary magazines and anthologies including Homewrecker: An Adultery Journal (Soft Skull), Swink, StoryQuarterly, Blithe House Quarterly, Prairie Schooner and &NOW: The Best of Innovative Writing. She teaches at Northwestern University and Columbia College Chicago, and runs The Nervous Breakdown Literary Experience-Chicago reading series.
ginafrangello.com




Ryan Paulson is the performer and co-writer (with Virginia Scott) of two solo shows, "Ryan Paulson: I'm Uncomfortable" and "Pentecostal Wisconsin." He has performed "Pentecostal Wisconsin" in 11 cities across the US and Canada as well completing a run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. The show has received numerous nominations, including Best Comedy and Best Solo Performance at the Victoria Fringe Festival and Best Visiting Production by the Montreal English Critics Circle and was awarded Best Solo Performance at the Ottawa Fringe Festival. In reviewing "Pentecostal Wisconsin" Time Out New York wrote, "This categorically pitch-perfect one-man comedy has it all: music, character work, soul-searching, integrity, and honesty."
www.ryanpaulson.com



Kathleen Rooney is a founding editor of Rose Metal Press, and the author, most recently, of the memoir Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object and the essay collection For You, For You I Am Trilling These Songs. She lives in Chicago.
www.kathleenrooney.com



Latest books by True Sex Confessions authors (some of which you will hear from at True Sex Confessions Night):


Please, Sir: Erotic Stories of Female Submission edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel


American Voyeur: Dispatches from the Far Reaches of Modern Life
by Benoit Denizet-Liews


House of Cards: Love, Faith, and Other Social Expressions
by David Dickerson


Free Fall: A Late-in-Life Love Affair
by Rae Padilla Francouer


Slut Lullabies
by Gina Frangello


For You, For You I Am Trilling These Songs
by Kathleen Rooney

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Friday, April 16, 2010

Review of Nerd Sex Night at Geeky Sex

And who better to cover it? And yes, it's true, not everyone was totally "nerdy" but I do believe nerdiness is in the eye of the beholder. With such a wonderful turnout and response to the topic, I will definitely do it again. I am always open to theme night suggestions at rachelkb at gmail.com - some I'm mulling over are Sex on the Beach Night in August, Orgasm Night in October (for the release of my erotica anthology Orgasmic, and maybe Porn Star Night, if I can find enough of them.

From Geeky Sex:

Tonight I went to the In the Flesh Reading Series where Rachel Kramer Bussel's topic of the month was nerd sex, a topic after my own heart. A lot of the readings were rather off topic although still good.

The two stories that stood out most to me, however, were also the two nerdiest. Mike Albo read a story set in the fantasy world of pornographic spam e-mails. Mike prefaced his story by saying he does nothing but stare at his computer and masturbate all day and then read an extremely witty and hilarious piece where buxom fantasy sluts who write in broken English hit on the reader, go on about their affairs with butterflies and the Nike logo and then transform into desperate bored gay men or sex-starved Midwest housewives.

Emerald closed the evening with the only actual erotica story of the evening -- that is to say, the only one with an explicit sex scene. In it, the protagonist takes her broken laptop to the Apple Store Genius Bar, meets three beautiful computer geeks who she invites into the back alley, one at a time, to fuck her while the others fix her computer. The story is apparently in Best Women's Erotica 2010 and was so hot that I'm planning on picking up a copy just so I can read the whole thing.

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Host Rachel Kramer Bussel's new anthology Please, Sir

If you've enjoyed In The Flesh over the years, you may be interested in my latest erotica anthology, Please, Sir: Erotic Stories of Female Submission, which was just published by Cleis Press. We'll be showing the official book trailer on May 20th at True Sex Confessions Night (it doesn't totally fit the theme, but is fun). Click here to read the book's introduction and table of contents. You can buy it now on Amazon or click the link above for other places to purchase it.



Here's me reading my story from Please, Sir at In The Flesh. It's called "Your Hand on My Neck."

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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Free candy and cupcakes (and lube!) tonight at Nerd Sex Nightnd

Below is just some of the candy that'll be out tonight, free, along with Peeps, potato chips, tortilla chips, cookies and 200 Baked by Melissa cupcakes! Plus, in the non-edible department, 100 copies of Sexis Magazine and free Astroglide lube samples.






Baked by Melissa cupcakes

Signed copies of host Rachel Kramer Bussel's latest erotica anthology, Please, Sir: Erotic Stories of Female Submission, will also be for sale. And she'll be reading a chess erotica story!


In The Flesh logo by Molly Crabapple

There's no need to RSVP, but for those who'd like this information in another format or to spread the word, Nerd Sex Night is also on Facebook. See also the In The Flesh Reading Series fan page on Facebook. Free candy includes mini Kit Kats, mini Peppermint Patties, mini Hershey's candy and Reese's Peanut Butter cups, along with 200 free Baked by Melissa cupcakes and chips, cookies and more! We're opening up the downstairs for those who want to drink and mingle while you listen. It's a not-to-be-missed evening.

IN THE FLESH EROTIC READING SERIES
NERD SEX NIGHT
April 15, 2010, 8 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.com


Get geeky at Nerd Sex Night! Featuring Mike Albo (The Underminer), memoirist Elizabeth Bard (Lunch in Paris), Emily Cavalier (food writer, Mouth of the Border), sexual health researcher Laura G. Duncan, erotica writer Emerald (reading her Apple store erotica "Shift Change" from Best Women's Erotica 2010), chef and food stylist Akiko Moorman, author Stephen Elliott (The Adderall Diaries). Hosted and curated by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Peep Show, Bottoms Up, The Mile High Club). Free samples of Astroglide lube will be given out. 100 free copies of Sexis Magazine will be given out. Free cupcakes by Baked by Melissa along with chips, candy and other snacks will be served.

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 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, 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, 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.

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Thanks, Daily Candy!

Big thanks to Daily Candy for listing tonight's Nerd Sex Night reading (scroll down two posts for full event details and bios).

It's free, open to the public (21+), no need to RSVP but I do recommend arriving close to 7 pm, when doors open, to get a seat as space is limited. There will also be seating downstairs and free snacks, and sound will be piped downstairs.

For booking information for future themed In The Flesh nights, email rachelkramerbussel at gmail.com

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Apple store erotica at Nerd Sex Night

Emerald's story "Shift Change" is from Best Women's Erotica 2010 edited by Violet Blue. She'll be reading a juicy expert of this tale of a customer and some very special Apple Store employees. Don't miss it! All free, plus free cupcakes and candy! I recommend arriving by 7:15/7:30 to get a seat, and you can also sit downstairs and listen, drink and chat. Please spread the word to your favorite nerd(s), sex or otherwise.

Here's the beginning of the story:

There were no other customers at the Genius Bar, and as the “Genius” behind it, his denotation as such announced by his shirt, plugged in and switched on my laptop, I took a closer look at him. Upon first glance I hadn't found him particularly attractive, but as I watched him he began to seem right on the line between classic tech geek and an understated sexiness. His expression was serious as he watched the screen, its bright light reflected in the lenses of his glasses as he typed and clicked and probed and whatever else the Apple Geniuses do when someone brings in a problematic computer.

The more I watched him, the more mesmerizing he became. He wasn't the kind of guy I usually found myself attracted to, the kind that turned my head on the street and brought an unsolicited “fuck me please” forward in my brain. He was the kind that was necessary to watch like this, instigator of a quieter kind of attraction that came out only when all the characteristics that showcased his sexiness--focus, intensity, knowledge--came together for display. Even when he spoke, he did so with concise, no-nonsense syllables in a tone neither dull nor distant. Everything about his professional focus and action seemed to flow, but in a very structured manner. Like liquid through a straw.

And suddenly I wanted him to direct that attention at me.


And here's another excerpt from "Shift Change" from Emerald's blog:

“I walked up to him, and he turned to me, never breaking eye contact as he dropped his cigarette and crushed it out with his boot. I didn’t break stride until I was touching him, my lips devouring his, the smell of cigarette smoke fresh in the cold fall air. His response held no hesitation, and his arms wrapped around me, his hands roaming from my ass up to my neck through my hair. I normally hated cigarette smoke, but I loved the way he was touching me so much that at that moment it barely fazed me.”


Here's what Violet Blue says in the introduction to Best Women's Erotica 2010:
Finally, bringing the fantasies nearer to reality is the book’s closer and showstopper, “Shift Change” by Emerald, which makes sure that for us, a trip to Apple’s Genius Bar will never, ever be the same. And the wait will seem just a little more endurable with the fragments of Emerald’s multipartner story floating wishfully—and giddily—through our heads the next time we have to “take a number” to get a minute with a Genius.


Click here to listen to "Shift Change" read by Best Women's Erotica 2010 editor Violet Blue on her podcast Open Source Sex.


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Monday, April 12, 2010

Nerd Sex Night April 15th, free cupcakes, chips, candy and sexy magazines


In The Flesh logo by Molly Crabapple

There's no need to RSVP, but for those who'd like this information in another format or to spread the word, Nerd Sex Night is also on Facebook. See also the In The Flesh Reading Series fan page on Facebook. Free candy includes mini Kit Kats, mini Peppermint Patties, mini Hershey's candy and Reese's Peanut Butter cups, along with 200 free Baked by Melissa cupcakes and chips, cookies and more! We're opening up the downstairs for those who want to drink and mingle while you listen. It's a not-to-be-missed evening.

IN THE FLESH EROTIC READING SERIES
NERD SEX NIGHT
April 15, 2010, 8 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.com


Get geeky at Nerd Sex Night! Featuring Mike Albo (The Underminer), memoirist Elizabeth Bard (Lunch in Paris), Emily Cavalier (food writer, Mouth of the Border), sexual health researcher Laura G. Duncan, erotica writer Emerald (reading her Apple store erotica "Shift Change" from Best Women's Erotica 2010), chef and food stylist Akiko Moorman, author Stephen Elliott (The Adderall Diaries). Hosted and curated by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Peep Show, Bottoms Up, The Mile High Club). Free samples of Astroglide lube will be given out. 100 free copies of Sexis Magazine will be given out. Free cupcakes by Baked by Melissa along with chips, candy and other snacks will be served.

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 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, 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, 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.

Mike Albo is a writer and performer who lives and loves in Brooklyn. His second novel, (written with his longtime friend Virginia Heffernan) is the cult humor classic, The Underminer: The Best Friend Who Casually Destroys Your Life. His performances of the character have become internet hits and can be found on Youtube like everything else in the world. His first novel, the critically acclaimed Hornito, came out in 2000. Albo has written for zillions of magazines and websites including New York Magazine, GQ, Details, and The Daily Beast. From 2007-2009 he was The Critical Shopper columnist for the New York Times. He’s performed numerous solo shows including “Spray,” “Please Everything Burst,” and “My Price Point” as well as with the comedy trio Unitard. He is also a founding member of the legendary downtown NYC naked glittery dance troupe, The Dazzle Dancers.
www.mikealbo.com



Elizabeth Bard is the author of the bestselling memoir/cookbook Lunch in Paris: A Love Story with Recipes. Her writing on art, food, travel and digital culture has appeared in The New York Times, The IHT, Wired and Harper's Baazar. She is a sexy nerd - who knows a fish fork when she sees one. Lunch in Paris was selected as a Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers" pick for Spring 2010. You can follow the continuing culinary adventures of an American in Paris on www.elizabethbard.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 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

Emily Cavalier is dangerously enthusiastic about life. She's a freelance food writer, and works full-time as a business development exec in the event/media industry. The New England native has called Fort Greene, Brooklyn home for the past three years and is deeply in love with her neighborhood and its people. When not at the office, out drinking cocktails or getting lost all over NYC, you can find Emily's writing at http://EmilyCavalier.com and on her food website about New York City's ethnic neighborhoods, http://MouthOfTheBorder.com.



Laura G. Duncan is a sexual health researcher, educator and writer currently
living in Brooklyn. Her research deals with issues of sexuality within medical education and primary care, focusing on health literacy and accessibility among underserved populations. In addition to her current work in clinical breast cancer research, she has worked with high schools students, health non profits and in a medical school as a Gynecological Teaching Associate.



Stephen Elliott is the author of seven books including The Adderall Diaries, Time Out New York's best book of 2009. He's written for Esquire, GQ, New York Times, and been anthologized in Best American Non-Required Reading 2005 & 2007, Best Sex Writing, and Best American Erotica.



Emerald has been a writer since age seven, though her repertoire did not begin to include erotica until her early twenties. Now in her early thirties, her erotic fiction has been published in anthologies edited by Violet Blue, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Jolie du Pre, and Alison Tyler as well as online at various erotic websites. She resides in suburban Maryland where she works as a webcam model and serves as an activist for reproductive freedom and sex workers' rights.
www.thegreenlightdistrict.org



Akiko Moorman is a New York chef, food stylist, and self-proclaimed nerd. She believes wholeheartedly that all projects, whether it be developing a new menu or finding out what felching means, begin with reading reference materials, interviewing experts, and when all else fails, using the Google machine. She deeply regrets searching for felching on the Google machine. She, however, regrets little else. Akiko graduated from Columbia University’s writing program, where one professor once described her work as, “for lack of a better word, very Tarantino-esque.”

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Dominatrix memoir author Melissa Febos reads a female sub scene from Whip Smart

Melissa Febos, author of dominatrix memoir Whip Smart, read a scene from her book in which the tables are turned and she acts as the sub.




Whip Smart


photos below by Anya Garrett from BDSM Night at In The Flesh; click here to see more







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Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Monk gives threesome advice at BDSM Night at In The Flesh

Monk flew in from Seattle and told a humorous as well as educational tale about how to have a threesome with a bi guy, and talks about bisexual men, "unicorns," and much more. Watch for yourself! Visit Monk at www.twistedmonk.com.



Photos below by Anya Garrett; click here to see more images from BDSM Night.







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Monday, April 05, 2010

Julie Powell reads "Lost in Space" at BDSM Night

Julie Powell, author of Cleaving and Julie and Julia read at BDSM Night from her essay "Lost in Space," published in the anthology Behind the Bedroom Door, edited by Paula Derrow. This is just a small part of the essay, so please be sure to check out the whole thing. Visit Julie's blog at juliepowell.blogspot.com.



photos below by Anya Garrett; see more images from BDSM Night on Flickr







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Madison Young on sex, porn and relationships at BDSM Night

I'm going to have photos from BDSM Night and videos posted soon, but for now, may I present you with face slapping by Princess Kali to warm up the lovely Madison Young, who wowed us at the end of the night with an impassioned essay about her life as a porn star.



photos below by Anya Garrett; see more in this Flickr set


Madison Young getting her face slapped by Princess Kali







Visit Madison at www.madisonbound.com

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