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
August In The Flesh photos
The July readers
This photo was taken by
Stacie Joy, who has
a set from the July 17th reading. There will be more soon, but wanted to get this adorable one up (Jeremy Edwards not pictured).
Back row: Scott D. Pomfret, Rachel Shukert, Samara O'Shea, Susan Wright.
Front row: D.L. King, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Anna David
Scroll down for their bios and links.
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Snapshots from last week's In The Flesh
There are more photos by the wonderful
Stacie Joy, but for now, a few from last week's In The Flesh:
L to R: Carly Milne, Amie Evans, Bob Smith, Aimee Herman, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Cecilia Tan
in front: Charlie Vazquez, Cris Beam
My Vagina is for Lovers t-shirt can be purchased from the fabulous
cookie maker Dana Taylor at
www.vaginaisforlovers.comCris Beam read her "dyke" entry from Ellen Sussman's anthology
Dirty Words
Carly Milne reads from
Sexography:
Charlie Vazquez:
Some of the swag I gave away:
See more pics in
Stacie Joy's photo setAnd just for fun, my wonderful friends Allison Bojarski, Desiree Moodie, and Twanna Hines (Allison and Twanna have read at In The Flesh, and I'd love for Desiree to read someday):
More photos coming soon!
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