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
Virgin Night rocked!

L to R (since there aren't really "rows"): Jenny Block, Gideon Levy, Nicolette Dixon, Sinclair Sexsmith, Megan Hart, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Sarah Wendell, Emily Farris
photo by Stacie Joy
Virgin Night was packed - standing room only! THANK YOU to everyone who came out, to our sponsors,
Baked by Melissa (cupcakes!),
Ravenous Romance (cookies),
JimmyJane (massage candle!) and
SexySlang (word games!). And to
Megan Hart for the fun giveaways. (For those wondering, Kyria Abrahams couldn't make it.)
And as always, thank you to all the readers, everyone who came out,
Stacie Joy for the photos, and the staff of
Happy Ending Lounge, especially manager Gina and bartender Juan Carlos!
Please come back May 21st - full lineup and bios coming very soon.
See the full photo set from
Virgin Night here.
Nicolette Dixon went into glowing detail about cleavage.

Sarah Wendell of
Smart Bitches Trashy Books had us roaring with tales of tentacles in orifices and other romance novel delights from her book
Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels.
Megan Hart read from her erotic novel
Stranger, out from Harlequin Spice.
Sinclair Sexsmith reads hot poetry from the chapbook
Sinclair Sexsmith.
Emily Farris read a true, amazing story of orgasms and real estate lust. She told me she was nervous beforehand but I told her the truth: that people actually relate way more to the true stories, because they've been there...or want to be.

Gideon Levy had many permutations on "ghetto-fab-i-diculous" (sp?)
Jenny Block read from her memoir
Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage.Megan Hart brought this "Bring Me My Hookah" t-shirt (the name of
her awesome vlog with Lauren Dane):

We had cupcakes from
Baked by Melissa - 100 of them and they were gone really fast:

And cookies courtesy of
Ravenous Romance:
In addition to the giveaways, there was lots of free stuff (and fishnets):

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What you can win at In The Flesh April 16th
So many goodies and giveaways next Thursday at
Virgin Night at In The Flesh Reading Series!

From luxury sex toy seller
JimmyJane, you can win one of their beautiful massage candles. Here's how they describe it:
AFTERGLOW
Natural Massage Candles
With Body Brush
Light AFTERGLOW and use it as a candle, then blow it out, dip the Body Brush in the warm oil, and paint it on the skin. When heated, the candle liquefies into high-slip massage oil that softens and hydrates the skin. Our proprietary blend of spa-grade ingredients provides silky sensation at the perfect temperature. More than a candle, it’s a massage. Burns up to 42 hours, every one of them memorable.

I also love that JimmyJane founder Ethan Imboden writes
about vibrators and sex on Huffington Post.And from the word game
SexySlang (formerly PervArtistry, which you may have heard of), you can win one of 3 games!
Here's some of the cards that came with it - see if you can figure out what these symbolize!



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