Emily Jenkins

  • Madonna the conformist

    Her second awful children's book, "Mr. Peabody's Apples," is a finger-wagging, moralistic tale that condemns a kid to permanent guilt for a very minor sin.
    By Emily Jenkins November 14, 2003

  • The case of the girl detective

    With the passing of Nancy Drew's first author, the mystery of the teenage sleuth's true identity only deepens.
    By Emily Jenkins June 10, 2002

  • Porn virgins

    I remember the first time I saw a dirty movie with my girlfriends, when we still burst into hysterical laughter at the word "penis."
    By Emily Jenkins July 25, 2001

  • "The Fourth Hand" by John Irving

    In the novelist's latest, a studly newscaster loses a limb but gains a deeper understanding of sex.
    By Emily Jenkins July 13, 2001

  • Have yourself a horny little Christmas

    Racy books that are also artful can be the best gift of all.
    By Emily Jenkins December 18, 2000

  • I was a captive of Xanth

    Dragons! Centaurs! Sex! Bad puns! A writer confesses her embarrassing love for Piers Anthony's epic, cheesy fantasy novels.
    By Emily Jenkins December 7, 2000

  • Bridal fantasies

    It's easier to talk to anonymous strangers about your sex dreams than about your future dreams.
    By Emily Jenkins November 27, 2000

  • Sexual moderates

    The American media makes us think we are strange if we aren't thinking about sex all the time.
    By Emily Jenkins October 12, 2000

  • Women in sports: Stuck in the minors

    By Emily Jenkins
    By September 21, 2000

  • Stuck in the minors

    A new book says that women will soon equal men at sports. If only it were true.
    By Emily Jenkins September 18, 2000

  • There's something about Jane Austen

    By Emily Jenkins
    By July 31, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    Should TV be left to liberals? Plus: Is "snacking" less fun for the "snackee"? Holocaust survivor says he owes his life to "sheer luck."
    May 4, 2000

  • The sensitive Bond

    Even as a preteen girl, I knew that Ian Fleming's James Bond was a vulnerable guy -- and his creator, an equal-opportunity voyeur.
    By Emily Jenkins May 1, 2000

  • Best of Bond

    Ian Fleming's 007 is often most memorable when he's most offensive.
    By Emily Jenkins May 1, 2000

  • Letters to the editor

    The have-kids vs. the have-nots Plus: Log Cabin Republicans will get what they deserve; David Foster Wallace parody is "viscerally painful."
    April 11, 2000

  • Mini-Shakespeares and kitty-cat bookends

    What the strange, cutesy world of book kitsch says about our reading lives.
    By Emily Jenkins April 3, 2000

  • A shot of the needful

    In which the P.G. Wodehouse newsgroup and its online version of Blandings Castle teaches me to play again.
    By Emily Jenkins January 11, 2000

  • Eloise has a ball -- and snubs her guests

    A year after her creator's death, Eloise plays hard to get at the Plaza.
    By Emily Jenkins October 14, 1999

  • Tongue First

    Etelka Lohoczsy reviews 'Tongue First' by Emily Jenkins.
    By Etelka Lehoczsy August 20, 1998
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