Sex And Danger

August, 1996

Good writing changes the way we view the world and makes the familiar seem new. A few sentences of good sexual writing can grab your libido by the throat, producing an erection so startling it feels as if you've switched hands.We have always dog-eared the good parts, and even the so-so parts, to see if a writer had stumbled on a new approach to the oldest pastime. Over the past few years there has been a renaissance of sexual writing—mostly from female short-story authors. Now, two such women ha...