http://dir.salon.com/topics/erotica/?source=rss&aim=erotica en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/12/16/nerve/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/12/16/nerve/index.html?source=rss The best smut engages the body and the mind. Nerve.com co-founder Rufus Griscom talks about controversy, confession and, of course, arousal. By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/15/roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/15/roundup/index.html?source=rss A wrenching, sexy marriage drama from the new Ireland. Plus: Potter fans go berserk, and a dose of arty, self-indulgent Euro-erotica. By Susannah Breslin Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/30/sex_writers_on_sex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/30/sex_writers_on_sex/index.html?source=rss Did "Sex and the City" change the erotic landscape or turn the female libido into a marketing ploy? Sex writers discuss the iconic show's impact. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/05/liberator/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/05/liberator/index.html?source=rss It looks like an ordinary orthopedic back pillow -- but can a mail-order sex prop really set my fantasies free? By David Amsden Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/01/01/sex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/01/01/sex/index.html?source=rss Two bold collections of essays about the most intimate of acts prove that good sex makes a great memory, but bad sex makes a great story. By Charles Taylor Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/06/10/southern/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/06/10/southern/index.html?source=rss Terry Southern's son tells the wacky tale of his dad's '60s pornographic masterpiece "Candy," whose heroine is both dirtier and more innocent than today's dead-eyed Britney nymphets. By Charles Taylor Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/10/02/newton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/10/02/newton/index.html?source=rss Helmut Newton's "Autobiography" offers a surprisingly touching reminiscence of a childhood in pre-Nazi Germany -- and the life of erotic pleasure that followed. By Jason Feifer Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/08/12/arousal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2003/08/12/arousal/index.html?source=rss Most everything, according to a new study that shows women are more aroused by more forms of erotica than men. By David Bowman Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/gallery/2003/07/18/unwerth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/gallery/2003/07/18/unwerth/index.html?source=rss Photographer Ellen von Unwerth talks about her new S/M fantasy book, "Revenge," in which the wicked baroness finally gets what's coming to her. By Charles Taylor Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/galleries/2003/06/13/women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/galleries/2003/06/13/women/index.html?source=rss Pictures of women, taken by women, are different from those taken by men -- or are they? By Charles Taylor Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/09/04/zane/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/09/04/zane/index.html?source=rss Erotica writer Zane delivers the damnedest mix of explicit, raucous, profane sexual descriptions alongside bromides on infidelity and homosexuality. By Michael Alvear Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/07/24/almond/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/07/24/almond/index.html?source=rss Steve Almond's daring collection of short stories about sex, "My Life in Heavy Metal," brings a fresh and vivid eye to a cliché-ridden subject. By Michelle Richmond Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/06/26/hands/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/06/26/hands/index.html?source=rss I have gone to bed with men, in part, for the beauty or agility or originality of their hands. By Michael Castleman Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/05/29/kamasutra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/05/29/kamasutra/index.html?source=rss In the Hindu world the pursuit of sexual pleasure was revered as a sort of religious quest. Imagine a world where getting laid was just as important as going to church on Easter. By Glen Helfand Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/galleries/2002/05/24/jasmin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/galleries/2002/05/24/jasmin/index.html?source=rss Photographer Paul Jasmin captures the stylized, constructed allure of long-ago Hollywood, with an overlay of lush eroticism. By David Bowman Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/galleries/2002/05/17/ward/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/galleries/2002/05/17/ward/index.html?source=rss Erotic photographer Tony Ward talks about psychodramas, Clinton's horniness and why he has sex with his models. By David Bowman Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/04/26/romantique/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2002/04/26/romantique/index.html?source=rss A correspondence concerning erotic 19th century lithographs with Hans-Jürgen Döpp By David Thomson Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/04/04/sylbert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/04/04/sylbert/index.html?source=rss Production director Richard Sylbert created the erotic spaces in "Chinatown," "The Graduate" and "Carnal Knowledge." By David Thomson Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/01/17/stills/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/turn_on/2002/01/17/stills/index.html?source=rss The old movie stills were often sexier than the movies they were meant to publicize. By Stephen Lemons Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/08/30/batts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/08/30/batts/index.html?source=rss L.A. photographer Carlos Batts doesn't want to be known for taking dirty pictures, but he's so damn good at it. By Kathy Wilson Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/08/29/nin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/08/29/nin/index.html?source=rss As an unsuspecting adolescent searching my local library, I was lured into the smoky den of literature by Anaïs Nin's erotica. By Glen Helfand Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/08/09/dreamland/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/08/09/dreamland/index.html?source=rss Jeff Burton's erotic photos, shot in Los Angeles, are a lush, colorful balance of physical fantasy and mundane reality. By Dawn Dougherty Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/06/18/zaftig/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/06/18/zaftig/index.html?source=rss "I was a thirty-something dyke watching this sweet ass slide its way down the hall." An excerpt from a collection of short stories. By Stephen Lemons Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/06/07/saudek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/06/07/saudek/index.html?source=rss Young and old, fat and thin -- Jan Saudek's camera makes love to them all. By Douglas Cruickshank Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/05/31/schatz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/05/31/schatz/index.html?source=rss A collection of nudes by a photographer interested in "letting the gods in" emphasizes sensuality without being graphic.