The book on dirty words
By Dave
July 30th, 2008 | Leave a comment
It had to happen sooner or later. Somebody went to the trouble to compile a reference book of sorts for smut. Filth. Dirt. Bawdiness. “Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex” might not be the complete and unabridged guide to smut, but takes its best shot at 94 sex-related terms, as Advertising Age’s Media Guy says, “in often unexpected ways. What’s genius about this book, edited by Ellen Sussman, is that it features some 100 writers (including Jonathan Ames, Phillip Lopate and Patricia Marx), so the definitions (from cyber sex to… way, way beyond) are often deeply, charmingly (and sometimes bizarrely) idiosyncratic and personal.”
Kind of like sex itself.
If you act quickly, the Media Guy is giving away one free copy to some lucky e-mailer on or about Aug. 28. For more details, CLICK HERE.
