The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel — Second Floor has just been released!Edited by Reb Livingston and Molly Arden, it is a collection of sexy poems. Sexy, but not vulgar.
So as not to reinvent any wheels, here is a snippet from the intro:
If you think panty-free celebrities flashing their genitalia to the paparazzi is hot, well God bless and bully for you, you’re living in the right decade – but you will not find poems describing such in this book. Not that these poems ignore the delectable sensuality of flesh. You’ll find plenty ruminating on body and touch. But that is one layer of sexy, one form of intimacy, and these poems do not limit themselves to such. As humans we desire many things from one another, from and for our bodies, our minds and yes, our souls, especially our gasping, suffering souls. We desire connections, we desire to be considered, to be admired and to be remembered. Desire can be titillating and thrilling. It can also be tender, strained, conflicted, solemn, sad, angry and disappointing. Desire can sometimes be reciprocated, appreciated, unheard, rebuffed, squandered and taken for granted. Desire can be joyful, surprising, painful, bleak or outright menacing. Desire can be a gift, a chore or a curse. What we desire, what we crave, what turns us on, is what we find appealing, our own private sexy.
So: go buy ten copies and give them to your friends, your mother, your Great Aunt Selma who desperately needs a little sexy in her life. Or at least buy one for yourself.
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Contributors:
Eric Abbott * Deborah Ager * Malaika King Albrecht * William Allegrezza * Molly Arden * Cynthia Arrieu-King * Robyn Art * Sandra Beasley * Aaron Belz * Erin M. Bertram * Mary Biddinger * Ana Bozicevic-Bowling * Timothy Bradford * Joseph Bradshaw * Jason Bredle * Jenny Browne * Jenna Cardinale * Bruce Covey * Phil Crippen * Susan Denning * Michelle Detorie * Laurel K. Dodge * Mark DuCharme * Peg Duthie * kari edwards * AnnMarie Eldon * Jill Alexander Essbaum * Julie R. Enszer * Noah Falck * Michael Farrell * Katie Fesuk * Adam Fieled * Alice Fogel * Elisa Gabbert * Eric Gelsinger * Scott Glassman * David B. Goldstein * Dean Gorman * Anne Gorrick * Lea Graham * Kate Greenstreet * Piotr Gwiazda * Shafer Hall * Josh Hanson * Nathan Hoks * Donald Illich * Salwa C. Jabado * Charles Jensen * Jim Kober * Ron Klassnik * Jennifer L. Knox * Dorothee Lang * Sueyeun Juliette Lee * David Lehman * Reb Livingston * Rebecca Loudon * Justin Marks * Clay Matthews * Kristi Maxwell * Gary L. McDowell * Erika Meitner * Didi Menendez * Michael Meyerhofer * Steve Mueske * Gina Myers * Cheryl Pallant * Shann Palmer * Alison Pelegrin * Simon Perchik * Derek Pollard * Andrea Potos * Cati Porter * Laurie Price * Jessy Randall * Kim Roberts * Anthony Robinson * Carly Sachs * John Sakkis * Allyson Salazar * Christine Scanlon * Margot Schilpp * Morgan Lucas Schuldt * Patty Seyburn * Peter Jay Shippy * Evie Shockley * Alex Smith * Hugh Steinberg * Nicole Steinberg * Alison Stine * Mathias Svalina * Erik Sweet * Eileen R. Tabios * Bronwen Tate * Molly Tenenbaum * Chris Tonelli * Letitia Trent * Jen Tynes * Michael Quattrone * Ashley VanDoorn * Fritz Ward * J. Marcus Weekley * Betsy Wheeler * Theodore Worozbyt * Kim Young
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