Welcome to the Naked Reader Book Club! This week we're chatting about Tristan Taormino's anthology Sometimes She Lets Me and Rachel Kramer Bussel and Alison Tyler's collection Caught Looking. From erotic butch/femme lesbian scenarios to sensual tales of voyeuristic and exhibitionistic lust, these two books are sure to warm up your mid-November night!
Sometimes She Lets Me
Best Butch Femme Erotica
Edited by Tristan Taormino
The Pleasure of Opposites
"Butch/femme is erotic iconography. Butch/femme is bulging jeans, smeared lipstick, stiletto heals, and sharp haircuts. It's about being read and being seen. Sometimes it's about passing or not passing. It's about individual identity and a collective sense of community. It's personal, political. It's a sexual electricity and power exchange. It's the visceral space between the flesh and the imagination."
— from the introduction by Tristan Taormino
Does the swagger of a confident butch make you swoon? Do your knees go weak when you see a femme straighten her stockings? In Sometimes She Lets Me, Tristan Taormino chooses her favorite butch/femme stories from the Best Lesbian Erotica series.
Even if you think you know what goes on in the bedroom between femmes and butches, these 22 stories will delight you with erotic surprises. In Joy Parks' delicious "Sweet Thing," the recently arrived town librarian shows a butch baker some new tricks in bed. On a chase through the woods, the stud in "Tag!", by D. Alexandria, find her baby girl by scent alone. And the girl in a pleated skirt gets exactly what she wants from her Daddy in Peggy Munson's "The Rock Wall."
Includes contributions by Alison L. Smith, Joy Parks, S. Bear Bergman, Amie M. Evans, Samiya A. Bashir, Rosalind Christine Lloyd, Kristen Porter, Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, D. Alexandria, Anna Watson, Shannon Cummings, A. Lizbeth Babcock, Sparky, Elaine Miller, Isa Coffey, Skian McGuire, Jera Star, Toni Amato, Peggy Munson, Sandra Lee Golvin, and Sinclair Sexsmith.
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Caught Looking
Erotic Tales of Voyeurs and Exhibitionists
Edited by Alison Tyler and Rachel Kramer Bussel
Watching a lover undress from the safety of a window or a hidden hole in the wall. Peeking at the neighbors through a crack in the blinds. Secretly watching others as they expose themselves, or reversing the equation by taking center stage to entertain them, can be some of life's naughtiest delights. For the dedicated voyeur, exhibitionist, or anyone who can't resist peeping when they know the shouldn't, Caught Looking offers scintillating fantasies by top writers in the genre.
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Both of the books we're discussing tonight push the boundaries, exploring scenarios and relationships that encourage the reader to contemplate which her (or his) sexual side. Opposites attract in Sometimes She Lets Me and Caught Looking-- and the dichotomy makes for very hot fiction!
What stories from these collections sparked your imagination? Do you find the concept of opposites attracting to be a potent formula for erotic exploration? Is the idea of yin and yang something best left to fiction, with real life being more about "birds of a feather?"
Whether you identify as butch, femme, voyeur, exhibitionist or none of the above, erotica is about expanding your mind and feeding your libido. So kick off your shoes, curl up with your computer and join us for a discussion that is sure to be as boundary-pushing as the books we're discussing!
Sometimes She Lets Me
Best Butch Femme Erotica
Edited by Tristan Taormino
The Pleasure of Opposites
"Butch/femme is erotic iconography. Butch/femme is bulging jeans, smeared lipstick, stiletto heals, and sharp haircuts. It's about being read and being seen. Sometimes it's about passing or not passing. It's about individual identity and a collective sense of community. It's personal, political. It's a sexual electricity and power exchange. It's the visceral space between the flesh and the imagination."
— from the introduction by Tristan Taormino
Does the swagger of a confident butch make you swoon? Do your knees go weak when you see a femme straighten her stockings? In Sometimes She Lets Me, Tristan Taormino chooses her favorite butch/femme stories from the Best Lesbian Erotica series.
Even if you think you know what goes on in the bedroom between femmes and butches, these 22 stories will delight you with erotic surprises. In Joy Parks' delicious "Sweet Thing," the recently arrived town librarian shows a butch baker some new tricks in bed. On a chase through the woods, the stud in "Tag!", by D. Alexandria, find her baby girl by scent alone. And the girl in a pleated skirt gets exactly what she wants from her Daddy in Peggy Munson's "The Rock Wall."
Includes contributions by Alison L. Smith, Joy Parks, S. Bear Bergman, Amie M. Evans, Samiya A. Bashir, Rosalind Christine Lloyd, Kristen Porter, Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, D. Alexandria, Anna Watson, Shannon Cummings, A. Lizbeth Babcock, Sparky, Elaine Miller, Isa Coffey, Skian McGuire, Jera Star, Toni Amato, Peggy Munson, Sandra Lee Golvin, and Sinclair Sexsmith.
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Caught Looking
Erotic Tales of Voyeurs and Exhibitionists
Edited by Alison Tyler and Rachel Kramer Bussel
Watching a lover undress from the safety of a window or a hidden hole in the wall. Peeking at the neighbors through a crack in the blinds. Secretly watching others as they expose themselves, or reversing the equation by taking center stage to entertain them, can be some of life's naughtiest delights. For the dedicated voyeur, exhibitionist, or anyone who can't resist peeping when they know the shouldn't, Caught Looking offers scintillating fantasies by top writers in the genre.
******
Both of the books we're discussing tonight push the boundaries, exploring scenarios and relationships that encourage the reader to contemplate which her (or his) sexual side. Opposites attract in Sometimes She Lets Me and Caught Looking-- and the dichotomy makes for very hot fiction!
What stories from these collections sparked your imagination? Do you find the concept of opposites attracting to be a potent formula for erotic exploration? Is the idea of yin and yang something best left to fiction, with real life being more about "birds of a feather?"
Whether you identify as butch, femme, voyeur, exhibitionist or none of the above, erotica is about expanding your mind and feeding your libido. So kick off your shoes, curl up with your computer and join us for a discussion that is sure to be as boundary-pushing as the books we're discussing!
