Sugar in my bowl : real women write about real sex / edited by Erica Jong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jong, Erica.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Sexual behavior.

Women.

Sex.

Physical Description:

xvii, 238 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Ecco, 2011.

Summary:

When it comes to sex, what do women want? In this eye-opening collection, Erica Jong reveals that every woman has her own answer. Susan Cheever talks about the "excruciating hazards of casual sex," while Gail Collins recounts her Catholic upbringing in Cincinnati and the nuns who passionately forbade her from having "carnal relations." Jennifer Weiner explores how, in love, the body can play just as big a role as the heart. The octogenarians in Karen Abbott's sharp-eyed piece possess a passion that could give Betty White a run for her money. Molly Jong-Fast reflects on her unconventional upbringing and why a whole generation of young women have rejected "free love" in favor of Bugaboo strollers and Mommy-and-me yoga. Sex, it turns out, can be as fleeting, heavy, mundane, and intense as the rest of life. Indeed, as Jong states in her powerful introduction: "the truth is--sex is life."--From publisher description.

Contents:

A fucking miracle / Elisa Albert

Worst sex / Gail Collins

Peekaboo I see you / Anne Roiphe

Prude / Jean Hanff Korelitz

Sex with a stranger / Susan Cheever

Everything must go : a short story / Jennifer Weiner

Love rollercoaster 1975 / Susie Bright

Absolutely dangerous / Linda Gray Sexton

The one who breaks my heart / Rosemary Daniell

Do I own you now? / Daphne Merkin

Let's not talk about sex / Julie Klam

My best friend's boyfriend / Fay Weldon

The diddler / J. A. K. Andres

The Dignity Channel / Jann Turner

Miss Honeypot marries : a short story / Barbara Victor

Best sex ever : a systematic review with meta-analysis / Jessica Winter

Cock of my dreams : a graphic fantasy / Marisa Acocella Marchetto

Cramming it all in : a satire / Susan Kinsolving

Reticence and fieldwork / Min Jin Lee

My first time, twice / Ariel Levy

Light me up / Margot Magowan

Herman and Margot / Karen Abbott

Somewhere I have never traveled, gladly / Meghan O'Rourke

Skin, just skin : a dramatic triologue / Eve Ensler

Reading of O / Honor Moore

Going all the way / Liz Smith

The man in question / Rebecca Walker

They had sex so I didn't have to / Molly Jong-Fast

Kiss : a short, short story / Erica Jong.

ISBN:

9780061875762

0061875767

9780062092205

0062092200

OCLC:

670475491