Throughout the holiday season, we’re gathering books that make the perfect gifts for everyone on your list—from your mother and the teen in your life to your foodie friend and the coworker who loves Harry Potter. Need more ideas? Check out all of our amazing gift guides! Whether you’re a fan of the Fifty Shades trilogy or not, […]
When it comes to erotic fiction, a lot has changed in the last few decades. What was once a big taboo is now quickly becoming no big deal at all. In the late ’80s and early ’90s, when I managed bookstores, erotic fiction—like Anais Nin’s Delta of Venus, Pauline Réage’s The Story of O, the […]
At my daughter’s raucous sixth birthday party, I overheard a lively discussion going on between a group of middle-aged women seated at my dining room table. The topic: how much they abhorred Fifty Shades of Grey and erotic fiction in general.
Unless you spent your childhood living in a cupboard under the stairs or being prepared for ritual sacrifice by your cult pseudo-family, you probably have fond memories of the stories you enjoyed as a kid. Whether TV shows or fairy tales, as kids we often don’t notice the dark implications of our childhood favorites, which is […]
