Best Sex Writing 2005 - Best Sex Writing Author:Violet Blue The crazy quilt of American sex culture gets a literate laundering in this entertaining, provocative collection. This is, after all, a country in which swingers attend PTA meetings and today's Republican could be tonight's leather queen. The first in a new series, Best Sex Writing 2005 features talented newbies and renowned pros fearlessly guid... more »ing readers to the front lines of sex American style. Editor Violet Blue has assembled the best of recent sex journalism by Michelle Tea, Annalee Newitz, Paul Festa, Shirley Shave, and othersfrom starfucking, sperm banks, and the erotics of a nerd-drenched sci-fi convention to a pilgrimage to the sex temples of India and the challenge of teaching inner-city school kids about sex and HIV. Dr. Carol Queen takes readers on a spiritual journey through the Kinsey Institute, while Patrick Califia's "Sex with the Imperfect Stranger" eloquently explores the paradox of why anyone would kill after sex. Sometimes humorous, sometimes harrowing, Best Sex Writing 2005 turns a sizzling spotlight on some of America's hidden corners where the erotic and the everyday collide.« less