Bottoms Up: Writing About Sex

About the book: Bottoms Up: Writing About Sex is a collection of writing about desire. The stories are not straight up sexual narrations, but pieces, poems and stories that examine the concept and manifestation of desire itself. Rather than describing the physical acts of sex, the book examines the impetus, experiences, thoughts and feelings that drive desire. Contributors include Eileen Myles, Michelle Tea, Red Jordan Arobateau, Lori Selke, Jess Arndt and Robert Gluck.

The stories in the collection are varied: an examination of iconoclastic sexuality (musing on what it would be like to both fuck James Dean and fuck like James Dean), the zenith of desire residing in the sweat-darkened leather pants of Lenny Kaye after a Patti Smith Group show, genderqueer cruising, the connection between sex and loss.

The book is not explicitly "gay", but it is explicitly queer. The stories often break down normal conceptions of gender, eliminating categories such as homo- and heterosexual.

Box Lunch: The Layperson's Guide to Cunnilingus

Written by a woman experienced on both ends of the oral sex equation, this nuts-and-bolts exploration of cunnilingus is unlike anything ever written before. As the editor of On Our Backs, the national lesbian sex magazine, Diana Cage is not only one of the nation's foremost experts on lesbian sexuality, she is also an unabashed muff diver par excellence, so her knowledge of how to drive a woman to orgasmic ecstasy is unparalleled. Written for both novices and pros, Box Lunch demystifies the female anatomy with an eye toward making oral sex as satisfying for the giver as it is for the receiver. Explicit, detailed, and enormously entertaining, Cage guides women (and men) through the basics to more advanced topics such as anilingus, G spot stimulation, female ejaculation, and clit pumping. Make no mistake, this is the most direct route to orgasm for many women. Diana Cage shows you how to not only excel at it but revel in it! Read the introduction | Read the table of contents

On Our Backs Guide to Lesbian Sex

Both an exploration and a celebration, this remarkable volume showcases the best writing on lesbian sex and desire in the 20-year history of On Our Backs magazine. Diana Cage, On Our Backs' managing editor, brings together the far-reaching voices of a remarkable collection of writers who have contributed to the magazine through the years. Illustrated with the stunning photographs of Phyllis Christopher, Michele Serchuk, Christine Kessler, and Rebecca McBride, The On Our Backs Guide to Lesbian Sex provides insights and expert advice on virtually all topics related to women's sexuality, including gender, age-play, BDSM, body-image issues, polyamory, fisting, strap-on use, topping and bottoming, and anal sex. Even basics such as kissing, cruising, and flirting are covered. Women of all ages, backgrounds, and preferences will find their libidos stimulated and their sexual horizons expanded.

Contributors Include:

• Tristan Taormino (Pucker Up: A Hands on Guide to Ecstatic Sex, The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women, Tristan Taormino's True Lust: Adventures in Sex, Porn, and Perversion)
• Patrick Califia (Public Sex: The Culture of Radical Sex, No Mercy, Macho Sluts, The Lesbian S/M Safety Manual)
• Michelle Tea (The Chelsea Whistle, Valencia, The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America)
• Joan Nestle (A Fragile Union, The Persistent Desire: A Femme-Butch Reader, A Restricted Country)
  
  

On Our Backs: The Best Erotic Fiction, Volume 2

A new collection of intense lesbian erotic fiction from the archives of the groundbreaking On Our Backs magazine.