The New Olympia Reader Author:Edited by Maurice Girodias In 1970, two years after its American rebirth, Olympia Press gave proof of its ongoing vitality with the publication of the second "Olympia Reader". The first Reader tesitfied to the foresight of Paris's Olympia Press and its founder, Maurice Girodias, who was the first to publish "Lolita", "Story of O", :Naked Lunch", and other now-classic erot... more »ic works. Featuring writers less famous yet no less evocative in thier descriptions of sensual pleasure, "The New Olympia Reader" captures the essence of the 1960s, with contributions by Diane di Prima, who writes of her sexual encounters with Jack Kerouac; poet Clarence Major; William Burroughs III (son of the "Naked Lunch" author); Frank Newman, author of "Barbara", one of Olympia Press America's best sellers; and Tor Kung, regarded as one of the most erotically imaginative writers of his time. This edition also includes a new foreward (and two erotic selections) by Barry N. Matzberg, who helped edit the book and describes what it was like to work with Girodias. Even Girodias himself is represented by a lively afterward describing episodes in his struggle against censorship.« less