Nonfiction

Holy. Freaking. Crap. I think I’m dead. My book is hitting shelves like right now (preorders at bookstores are in and a few stores are selling them already), and it just got named to a list of “10 Buzzworthy Books from Memoirists and Essayists” by Kirkus Reviews. Rad on its own, [...continue...]

On Monday, June 5—the day before the book's release—I'll be reading from "Watching Porn" at the Pleasure Salon at the Delancey in New York City! The Pleasure Salon is a wonderful event that celebrates sex- and pleasure-positivity in the New York community. [...continue...]

From now on I'll be putting the phrase "titillating, winking bawdiness" into all of my bios from now until forever. I might actually have it inscribed on my tombstone. [...continue...]

Dawn at the Oceti Sakowin camp. The article I wrote for MEL Magazine about my time at the #NoDAPL protest camp in North Dakota was published yesterday. It’s a combination of a meditation on the camp between clashes with militarized police, and an informative article that gives information on [...continue...]

I recently had a Q&A-style chat with eloquent, articulate, decorated writer and director of both hardcore porn and now softcore cable, Jacky St. James. We talked bout her new Showtime series, Submission, which ended its first season this month. The six-episode erotic thriller followed the [...continue...]

I wrote an article about my hero/idol/obsession, the artists model Audrey Munson, and now I am happy to report that BUST Magazine has taken an interest in her story, as told by yours truly! [...continue...]

It is both one of the sweetest and fondest memories of growing up in the country, and a chill-inducing series of creepy-crawly recollections. [...continue...]

“It sometimes feels like, ‘Erotica is what I get off to. Porn is what you get off to.’" [...continue...]

"Because we don’t talk about sex, we have no socially acceptable language of sex. And the language of porn has rushed in to fill that gap." [...continue...]

"You know, we believe you can change the world through sex. We’re working to make sex better for all of us. The world of business and tech is doing everything it possibly can to stop us. Where is the sense in that?" [...continue...]