Issue #71, Let's Talk About Sex
Summer 2019
In Creative Nonfiction #71: "Let's Talk about Sex," writers invite us to share some of their most intimate moments—first times, last times, and everything in between. By turns joyous, hopeful, playful, wistful, and sometimes even uncomfortable, the stories in this issue expand our understanding of how—and why—people (and houseflies and sea urchins) “do it.”
Plus: five tips for great sex (writing); the eroticism of essaying; the art of the long sentence; tiny truths; and more.
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"What's the Story" by Lee Gutkind
From the editor -
"The High-Wire Act" by Joe Moran
How to string your reader along -
"Skin Hunger" by Anne Royan
Saying yes to a steamy affair in Nepal -
"Rising Action, Falling Action" by Nicola Waldron
The eroticism of essaying -
"The Rib Joint" by Julia Koets
The dangers of falling in love with your best friend
Table of Contents
What's the Story Lee Gutkind ... read more
Rising Action, Falling Action Nicola Waldron
Body Language M.G. Leibowitz
When They Start Asking Questions Steph Auteri
Secret Museums B. Pietras
Skin Hunger Anne Royan
Summer of Urchins and Love Anne Visser Ney
Past Compensation Amy Botula
He Was My First, Too Roger Tolle
Recollections of a Fly Sex Therapist Natalie van Hoose
Slipping Away Sue Fagalde Lick
5 Tips for Great Sex (Writing) Suzanne Roberts
The Rib Joint Julia Koets ... read more
Contributors
Steph Auteri
Steph Auteri has written about sexuality for The Atlantic, Vice, Pacific Standard, and other publications. She is the author of A Dirty... read more
Amy Botula
Amy Botula is an advocate and teacher. Her work has been published in The Rumpus and The Manifest-Station, and she is a former columnist... read more
Sue Fagalde Lick
Sue Fagalde Lick is the author of Stories Grandma Never Told, Childless by Marriage, and Up Beaver Creek. She lives in South Beach, Oregon... read more
Julia Koets
Julia Koets is the winner of the 2017 Red Hen Press Nonfiction Award, judged by Mark Doty, for her forthcoming book, The Rib Joint: A... read more
M.G. Leibowitz
M. G. Leibowitz lives in New York, New York. Her poetry has recently appeared in Boxcar Poetry Review, Crab Creek Review, Foundry, and The... read more
Joe Moran
Joe Moran is a professor of English and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University. read more
B. Pietras
B. Pietras is a writer with essays in TriQuarterly, BuzzFeed Reader, Electric Literature, and elsewhere. He is currently at work on a novel... read more
Suzanne Roberts
Suzanne Roberts is the author of the memoir Almost Somewhere (Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award), as well as four collections of... read more
Anne Royan
Anne Royan is a graduate of Savannah College of Art & Design (MFA), Brown University (BA) and the Columbia Publishing Course at... read more
Roger Tolle
Roger Tolle is an IPSA certified surrogate partner, serving gay and trans men around the country from his home base in Charlottesville,... read more
Natalie van Hoose
Natalie van Hoose writes, fishes, and watches insects in her native Florida. Her fiction has appeared in The Southeast Review. read more
Anne Visser Ney
Anne Visser Ney is a writer, biologist, and U.S. Coast Guard veteran. Her work has recently appeared in Ruminate, the Fourth River, and... read more
Nicola Waldron
Nicola Waldron is a graduate of Cambridge and the Bennington Writing Seminars. Her work has been published in Post Road Magazine, Los... read more
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