Sex
Issue 15, Spring 2003
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FICTION
Denis Johnson X-MAS IN LAS VEGAS
He got what he ached for, which was to touch her, or anyone like her.
Lee DurkeeIN A PERFECT WORLD
He was counting out the register when she reached into her wicker handbag and took out a towel, a quart of gin, and a purple bikini.
Martha McPheeANTHROPOLOGY OF SEX
Slowly I inserted myself until I could see that Lucian was quite confused, then hopeful about a pair of sisters.
Dylan LandisJAZZ
It could be true, but it could also be a lie, that a teenage boy can get an erection just by brushing against a woman's arm on the bus.
Miranda JulyTHE MOVES
They were mostly about speed and pressure in different combinations.
Mark Jude PoirierI, MAGGOT
The falling maggots gave him an idea: The rotting meat was not enough by itself;he needed something beautiful to represent the love he felt for Geraldine.
Steve AlmondBREAK UP VOWS
Would she stand up in court and point dramatically at Val's lovely snatch and say: What we are looking at ladies and gentleman of the jury is the perfect murder weapon.
FEATURES
FIRST EROTIC READING ENCOUNTER
Authors remember their first time-on the page.
Michael LowenthalYOU DON'T SEE THE OTHER PERSON LOOKING BACK
Could a week among sightless gay men allow a man to see something new about desire?
Vargas LlosaPERMANENT ERECTION
The raw lust that is Rio's Carnaval
Albert MobilloPEEPSHOW: THE SEX MUSEUM
If you struck a Pinata labeled the Sexual Revolution, here is what would spill out.
Francine ProseTHE JOY OF BAD SEX
It's a lot more fun to write about bad sex than to have it.
Elissa SchappellFURRY LIKE ME
Getting down and dirty as your inner animal at a furry convention.
Elizabeth BenedictWHAT'S LUST GOT TO DO WITH IT?
Married sex is hot, at least in some good fiction.
POETRY
Gardner McFall First KissWeatherworn
C.K. WilliamsScale
Tom SleighCannibal Love
Timothy LuiDistant Laughter
Charles Simic and Howie Michels, a collaborationMy BelovedPretty WatchbandStray Dogs
Olena K. DavisTo Love Poem Convincing You to Leave Your Husband
Les MurrayAustralian LegendStudy of the Nude
Carol Ann DuffyThe Long Queen
Tom HealyThe Order of Things
Ed NoblesMisplaced Passion
INTERVIEW
Tom ByrnesLAW BY DAY, DILDOS BY NIGHT
Sex toys, religion, and the Internet
NEW VOICE
Matt Hersh35 CENTS
The tricks of the trade, starting at age thirteen, by a switch-hitting pro.
LOST & FOUND
Bill Wadsworth on The Secret Poems of Paul Verlaine
Gerry Howard on Candy, by Terry Southern, and Myra Brekenridge, by Gore Vidal
Kera Bolonik on Julia Paradise by Rod Jones
John Marr on The Big Love, by Florence Aadland
A READABLE FEAST
Lynne SamsonIN THE FIG GARDENS
From Biblical Eden to contemporary Fresno, the fig is the most sensual of tasty mysteries.
THE LAST WORD
Henry AlfordMY HUSBAND WAS TURNIPS
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