Upcoming: SXSW panel picker, Erotica panel, Iridescence, Single State of the Union readings

Firstly, please take a moment and vote for my proposed panel Pink Ghetto Blasters for 2008's SXSW Interactive. (Works best in Firefox, not so great, if at all, in Safari.)


Thursday, August 23rd @ 7PM – Free
Erotica panel, Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen Street, NYC
Do you have a naughty side you've been dying to explore in your writing? Is your steamy erotica manuscript sitting on the shelf, ready to be devoured by thousands of eager readers? Michelle Herrera Mulligan, editor of the new erotica anthology Juicy Mangos, moderates erotica experts Rachel Kramer Bussel, Sofia Quintero, and Elisha Miranda as they answer your questions about how to write enticing love scenes, break into the erotica industry, and otherwise nourish your blossoming career as sex writer.

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  Iridescence: Sensuous Shades of Lesbian Erotica 

Saturday, August 25th @ 7PM – Free
Reading from Iridescence, Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen Street, NYC
Join us for a very special reading of Iridescence: Sensuous Shades of Lesbian Erotic. Allow this vibrant group of new and legendary erotica writers, including editor Jolie du Pre, Sofia Quintero, Rachel Kramer Bussel, and Tawanna Sullivan, to tease and entice you with excerpts from this sizzling anthology.




  Single State of the Union: Single Women Speak Out on Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Happiness 



 




With readings by contributors Rachel Kramer Bussel, Lynn Harris, Sarah Iverson, Judy McGuire, Susan Shapiro, Amy Thomas
 
The popular media give us shoe shopaholics, ditzy desperados, and wannabe brides forever making cow eyes at The Bachelor. But what do single women have to say about their own lives? In the myth-busting tradition of anthologies like The Bitch in the House, the impressive roster of writers of Single State of the Union set the record straight about the experiences of single women in America. Rachel Kramer Bussel is a popular writer and teacher of erotica and the editor most recently of erotica anthologies Caught Looking and Crossdressing. Lynn Harris is the author of the smart New York mystery Death by Chick Lit. Judy McGuire is an advice columnist and author of How Not To Date. Susan Shapiro is the author of the memoirs Five Men Who Broke My Heart, Lighting Up and most recently Only As Good As Your Word. Join us for a discussion with these and other smart single (and formerly single) women that will give you a new perspective on the single state.