Skip navigation! Story from Book Recommendations. Last Updated March 3, , PM. A sure thing we know is that our readers are into sex and exploring all facets of it: From testing out the best sex toys to learning how to navigate life as a single person , there's so much learning and pleasure that can be gleaned from exploring sexual wellness from all angles the puns just write themselves, folks.
So when a new anthology titled Anonymous Sex landed on our WFH desks, we knew reading all about sexual desire can be yet another way to expand our minds on what intimacy can be, or look like. The resulting compilation is a wild and varied romp into all kinds of sexual tales and fantasies: As Tan says, "There stories of sexual obsession and sexual love. Stories of domination and submission, power and surrender. Ahead, the co-editors share what they've learned about sexuality through these short stories, how anonymity made the experience that much more intimate, and the books they've been reading about sex and otherwise that have inspired their own work.
Shop This. Previous Scribner. How did this book project come about? Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan: "When Hillary and I were at a French bistro one night about seven years ago, we began talking about our shared love for reading erotic fiction β we were also discussing some of our favorite contemporary writers and books that we loved.
We then took it one step further and thought, How brilliant would it be if some of our favorite writers right now were to write a piece of erotic fiction? Hillary Jordan: "As we started naming names from our dream list of contributors, the next two questions became: How could we entice them to sign on, and a publisher to buy the book?
We got on a FaceTime call and said, 'You know, we both have the time now. This is a fun and truly unexpected roster of writers. How did this list come together? Rozan, had never written explicitly about sex. We wanted the book to represent the full spectrum of desire, so we invited writers across all ages, genders, sexuality, ethnicities, and nationalities. So I was thrilled when non-U.
