Erotic Literature
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The Bloody Chamber
What if fairy tales weren’t sweet bedtime morals, but traps of blood and desire disguised as innocence? Angela Carter took the stories we were told as children and dissected them with a literary…
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Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions
Crude phrases, but loaded with sincerity, accompany Bukowski’s thought and writing. As he said, “I like broken minds”—surely his was one of them. His texts are certainly anecdotal and autobiographical. The structure proposes…
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An Encounter with Bukowski’s Women: Love, Sex, and Solitude Behind the Myth
Early in my career, a peculiar and controversial book fell into my hands: Women by Charles Bukowski. I still keep it with caution—as one keeps an uncomfortable but true secret. The story is told by…
