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IN THE FLESH EROTIC READING SERIES
SUMMER SEX/SEX ON THE BEACH NIGHT
August 19, 2010, 8:00 pm - 10 pm
AT HAPPY ENDING LOUNGE, 302 BROOME STREET, NYC
(B/D to Grand, J/M/Z to Bowery, F to Delancey or F/V to 2nd Avenue, http://www.happyendinglounge.com)
Between Forsyth & Eldridge. Look for the hot pink awning that says "XIE HE Health Club."
Admission: Free
Happy Ending Lounge: 212-334-9676
http://www.inthefleshreadingseries.comGet ready to get overheated at
Summer Sex/Sex on the Beach night at In The Flesh! The summer's hottest fiction, a romance novelist, a documentarian, erotica and more. Featuring
Abigail Ekue (
The Darker Side of Lust),
Eric,
Hilary Thayer Hamann (
Anthropology of an American Girl),
Yona Zeldis McDonough (
Breaking the Bank),
Tony O’Neill (
Sick City),
Michelle Janine Robinson (
Color Me Grey), filmmaker
Therese Shechter (
How To Lose Your Virginity) and
Hope Tarr (
The Tutor). Hosted by
Rachel Kramer Bussel (
Orgasmic, Fast Girls, Please, Sir).
Mobile Libris will sell readers' books. DVD of documentary
How I Learned to Speak Turkish by Therese Shechter and 4 waterproof vibrators will be given away by
EdenFantasys and 100 free copies of
Sexis Magazine will be distributed. Free
Baked by Melissa cupcakes, candy and chips will be served. This is the countdown to the final In The Flesh December 16th so don't miss a very special night!
In the Flesh is a monthly reading series hosted at the appropriately named
Happy Ending Lounge, and features the country's best erotic writers sharing stories to get you hot and bothered, hosted and curated by acclaimed erotic writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel. The series was named
Best Reading Series by
New York Press in 2009. From erotic poetry to down and dirty smut, these authors get naked on the page and will make you lust after them and their words. Since its debut in October 2005, In the Flesh has featured such authors as Mike Albo, Laura Antoniou, Mo Beasley, Susie Bright, Lily Burana, Jessica Cutler, Mike Daisey, Stephen Elliott, Valerie Frankel, Polly Frost, Gael Greene, Andy Horwitz, Debra Hyde, Maxim Jakubowski, Emily Scarlet Kramer of CAKE, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Edith Layton, Logan Levkoff, Suzanne Portnoy, Julie Powell, Sofia Quintero, M.J. Rose, Lauren Sanders, Danyel Smith, Grant Stoddard, Cecilia Tan, Carol Taylor, Dana Vachon, Veronica Vera, Susan Wright, Zane and many others. The series has gotten press attention from the
New York Times’s UrbanEye,
Escape (Hong Kong), Flavorpill,
The L Magazine, New York Magazine, NBC New York,
New York Post, New York Observer, Philadelphia City Paper, Time Out New York, Flavorwire, Fork in the Road, Gawker, Gothamist, Jezebel.com, Nerve.com, Serious Eats, Tasting Table and Wonkette, and has been praised by Dr. Ruth.
Rachel Kramer Bussel is an author, editor, blogger and reading series host. She is Senior Editor at
Penthouse Variations and a former sex columnist for
The Village Voice. She’s edited over 30 anthologies, including the kink-themed
Spanked, Bottoms Up, Yes, Sir, Yes, Ma'am, He's on Top, She's on Top, Rubber Sex as well as
Fast Girls, Orgasmic, Peep Show, The Mile High Club: Plane Sex Stories, Do Not Disturb: Hotel Sex Stories, Tasting Him, Tasting Her, and the non-fiction
Best Sex Writing series. Her books won 3 2009 Independent Publisher Awards. Her writing been published in publications such as Clean Sheets,
Cosmopolitan, The Daily Beast, Fresh Yarn, Huffington Post, Mediabistro,
Newsday, New York Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Tango, The Village Voice, and
Time Out New York, and in over 100 anthologies, including
Best American Erotica 2004 and
2006. Rachel conducts nationwide readings and erotic writing workshops. She has hosted In The Flesh since October 2005.
www.rachelkramerbussel.com
photo by Anya Garrett
Abigail Ekue is a writer who encompasses the inner workings of the human body and psyche in her fiction and non-fiction. Her erotic short story collection
The Darker Side of Lust was published in December 2009. She has also worked with a number of photographers as an art and erotic nude model to promote positive body image, sensuality a sex-positive attitude. September 2009 marked the debut of her dildo photo exhibit,
Man. Toy. Abigail has shared her work at the erotic showcase, UrbanErotika as performer, producer and curator, at ArtErotica, Freak Nasty and Abiola's Kiss and Tell Reading Series.
www.abigailekue.com 
Eric is a playwright and actor, living and working in the greater Los Angeles area. His work has most recently been seen at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. He is currently serving the resident playwright of the Coeurage Theatre Company. He will be teaching English in Eastern Europe for the American Peace Corps starting in September. He is honored to be reading as a part of In The Flesh.
Hilary Thayer Hamann was born and raised in Manhattan until the age of seven. For the remainder of her childhood, she spent weekends and summers in the Bronx and weekdays in Long Island, attending school in Sag Harbor and East Hampton. She currently lives in Sag Harbor, New York.
Anthropology of an American Girl is her first novel.
anthropologyofanamericangirl.com/
photo by Doug Young
Yona Zeldis McDonough received degrees from Vassar College and Columbia University. She is the author of three novels; the most recent,
Breaking the Bank, was published by Pocket in September 2009. Additionally, she edited the anthologies
The Barbie Chronicles: A Living Doll Turns Forty and
All The Available Light: A Marilyn Monroe Reader, and and has been widely published in many literary and national magazines including
Bookforum, Bride's, Cosmopolitan, Family Circle, Harper's Bazaar, Lilith, Metropolitan Home, Modern Bride, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, O, the Oprah Magazine, Redbook, Salon, and
The Village Voice. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.
www.yonazeldismcdonough.com
Tony O'Neill is the author of the novels
Digging the Vein and
Down and Out on Murder Mile. He also coauthored the
LA Times bestseller
Neon Angel: Memoir of a Runaway (with Cherie Currie), and the
New York Times bestseller
Hero of the Underground (with Jason Peter), His new novel,
Sick City (Harper Perennial) concerns the efforts of two heroin-addled schemers to sell a legendary sex tape starring Sharon Tate. Needless to say, things do not go according to plan...
www.tonyoneill.net
Michelle Janine Robinson's first novel,
Color Me Grey, debuted two months ago and has enjoyed great success. Her next novel,
More Than Meets They Eye, is a return to her erotic roots – with a paranormal twist – and will be available, January 4, 2011. Michelle has contributed several short stories to editor Zane’s erotic anthologies, including
Purple Panties, Honey Flava and
Caramel Flava, and her short story contribution “The Quiet Room” was the first featured story in the
New York Times bestseller
Succulent: Chocolate Flava II. Michelle is also a contributor to the oral sex-themed anthology,
Tasting Him, with her story “A Tongue Is Just A Tongue,” edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Michelle recently put the finishing touches on her third novel,
Serial Typical (Simon & Schuster, July 2011). Michelle is a native New Yorker and the mother of identical twin boys. You can learn all about Michelle and what she is working on next on her website at
www.michellejaninerobinson.com. You can also find Michelle at www.facebook.com/michelle.j.robinson, www.myspace.com/justef or follow Michelle at www.twitter.com/MJanineRobinson.
Therese Shechter uses humor-spiked personal narrative to create such documentaries as the award-winning
I Was A Teenage Feminist. She's currently in the works on
How to Lose Your Virginity, about America's virginity culture and those of us who live in it. Her other films include
How I Learned to Speak Turkish, about sex, power and one woman's obsession with Turkish men. She writes about virginity, sex and feminism at her blog The American Virgin.
www.trixiefilms.com
Hope Tarr is the award-winning author of thirteen historical and contemporary romance novels for multiple publishers, including
The Tutor (Harlequin Blaze Historical, July 1st). Hope is also a co-founder of Lady Jane's Salon, New York City's first (and so far only) monthly reading series for romance fiction. Visit Hope online at
www.HopeTarr.com where you can enter her monthly and special contests and keep up with her Single Girl in the Big City adventures on her blog.
photo by BizUrban.com
You will hear from the following books:
The Darker Side of Lust by Abigail Ekue
Anthropology of an American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann
Sick City by Tony O'Neill
Color Me Grey by Michelle Janine Robinson
The Tutor by Hope Tarr
Giveaway of:
documentary
How I Learned to Speak Turkish on DVD, directed by Therese Shechter
Labels: Abigail Ekue, author, Color Me Grey, DVD, Hilary Thayer Hamann, Hope Tarr, Michelle Robinson, novel, novelist, romance novels, sex on the beach, summer sex, Therese Shechter, Tony O'Neill
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