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Cover art for THE BEST AMERICAN SEX WRITING 2004
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2005
edited by Dan Savage

"Technology-enslaved, boring, all-American: this is pretty dispiriting stuff. Thank goodness Erica Jong is there to remind readers, in closing, that "wild passionate sex exists." Even without a credit card and a mouse."
Cover art for EMERGENCY SEX AND OTHER DESPERATE MEASURES
NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2004

"A modest contribution to the literature of humanitarian aid, joining such recent superior efforts as Philip Rieff's A Bed for the Night (2002) and Jason Carter's Power Lines (2002)."
An earnest report from the trenches, filed by three UN humanitarian aid workers with plenty of bad news to relate. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE X IN SEX
NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2003

"A fine demonstration of science made accessible. (4 line drawings)"
The author of Making Babies (2001) takes a lively, witty tour of the X chromosome, creator of "a delicious asymmetry between men and women." Read full book review >
Cover art for DR. TATIANA’S SEX ADVICE TO ALL CREATION
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 14, 2002

"Consider inviting Tatiana to your next dinner party--most assuredly there'll never be a dull moment."
In the guise of an advice-to-the-lovelorn column, evolutionary biologist Judson masterfully conveys astonishing facts and figures about the sex lives of many, many creatures great and small. Read full book review >
Cover art for ADVANCED SEX TIPS FOR GIRLS
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 13, 2002

"Much fun in short takes."
A sequel, nearly 20 years later, to Heimel's Sex Tips for Girls (1983), in which the beleaguered humorist's sex life is not all that much better: she seems to prefer her pack of dogs, especially the late, angelic, beaglish Homer (tossed out of a car at a California strip mall in 1992 by a "a disgusting lump of putrid slime [and] scum-sucking pig") to over-attentive males who love her unconditionally, just like her mother, and sit on the edge of the bed each evening meticulously dissecting her every word and move that day in search of the slightest hint of betrayal. Read full book review >
Cover art for SEX TOYS OF THE GODS
FICTION
Released: Oct. 10, 1997

"A good-natured, unapologetically shallow Cinderella story with X-rated interludes."
 Scriptwriter McLaughlin toils earnestly to pack sex, sensationalism, and B-list names into his follow-up to Glamourpuss (1994): Here, a wide-eyed Hollywood newcomer finds love, work, and a rock star for a best friend. Read full book review >