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Recommended Books on Bisexuality
Polysexuality Originally conceived as a special Semiotext(e) issue on homosexuality at the end of the 70s, "Polysexuality" quickly evolved into a more complex and iconoclastic project whose intent was to do away with recognized genders altogether, considered far too limitative. The project landed somewhere between humor, anarchy, science-fiction, utopia and apocalypse. In the few years that it took to put it together, it also evolved from a joyous schizo concept to a darker, neo-Lacanian elaboration on the impossibility of sexuality. The tension between the two, occasionally perceptible, is the theoretical subtext of the issue. Upping the ante on gender distinctions, "Polysexuality" started by blowing wide open all sexual classifications, inventing unheard-of categories, regrouping singular features into often original configurations, like Corporate Sex, Alimentary Sex, Soft or Violent Sex, Discursive Sex, Self- Sex, Animal Sex, Child Sex, Morbid Sex, or Sex of the Gaze. Mixing documents, interviews, fiction, theory, poetry, psychiatry and anthropology, "Polysexuality" became the encyclopedia sexualis of a continent that is still emerging. What it displayed in all its forms could be called, broadly speaking, the Sexuality of Capital. (Actually the issue being rather hot, it was decided to cool it off somewhat by only using “capitals” throughout the issue. It was also the first issue for which we used the computer).
The "Polysexuality" issue was attacked in Congress for its alleged advocation of animal sex.
Includes work by Alain Robbe-Grillet, Félix Guattari, Paul Verlaine, William S.Burroughs, Georges Bataille, Pierre Klossowski, Roland Barthes, Paul Virilio, Peter Lamborn Wilson, and more.
Jesus in Love What if Jesus knew how it feels to be queer? Surprising answers come in Jesus in Love, a novel that re-imagines Christ's legendary life as an erotic, mystical adventure in first-century Palestine. Jesus has today's queer sensibilities and psychological sophistication as he lives out his mythic story. Readers can relate to the struggles he faces: He feels like his real self is both male and female. He falls in love with people of both sexes. Society doesn't understand him. Jesus, the narrator, speaks in an engaging, up-to-date tone as he reveals his intimate relationships with John the beloved disciple (a gay man mourning his lover's death), Mary Magdalene (a highly intelligent survivor of sexual abuse) and the multi-gendered Holy Spirit. The novel shows how Jesus grows over a one-year period-from his decision to get baptized until the day he sends his friends away to teach others. Ultimately he leads disciples of both sexes to a place where sexuality and spirituality are one. Jesus in Love frees the reader to imagine and experience Christ in new ways.
Forbidden Love with a Married Man: E-mail Diaries Forbidden Love with a Married Man; E-mail Diaries describes one couple's journey as they struggle with sexual identity and how it conflicts with right and wrong. More than 4 million women are currently or have been married to either a gay or bisexual man. Often the gay spouse feels forced by societal and family pressures into marriage, suppressing his true feelings in order to be socially accepted by appearing "straight." However, in secret these men cheat on their wives by conducting affairs with members of the same sex. This day-by-day memoir diary includes actual daily e-mails and correspondence between the author, Dennis Schleicher, and his 14-year married boyfriend. Will his boyfriend leave his wife and confess to her his love and desire to live with another man, or will he be trapped in his own insecurities and not move to a side of life he has kept hidden all of these years, risking the loss of his potential "soulmate"? Every married and single woman and male and/or those engaged in a relationship will learn the truth about two loving people who are highly challenged to reveal their innermost souls in order to "survive."
Lust: Bisexual Erotica
Sizzling women's erotic fiction with a decidedly bisexual bent from the very open mind of noted erotica writer Marilyn Jaye Lewis. Marilyn Jaye Lewis is the founder of the Erotic Authors Association, the first American organization to honor literary excellence in the erotic genre. Her books include When Hearts Collide, In the Secret Hours, and When the Night Stood Still.
The Best Of Both Worlds: Bisexual Erotica About The Book: What if anyone—and everyone—you encountered was a potential sex partner?
Rejected by the popular girl he's got a crush on, Todd finds satisfaction in the arms of his high school's only "out" gay student . . . Two dark-skinned lesbian lovers go on the prowl for a "white boy" to take to their bed . . . A clandestine real-life encounter between a married man and the woman he met in an Internet chat room takes an unexpected turn into bisexual territory when the lady's husband arrives . . . Two gorgeous co-eds turn friendship to pure lust in the steamy confines of the dormitory shower room . . . A young woman—afraid to confess her bisexual fantasies to her boyfriend—spots an all-male sex mag in his bedroom . . . Jennifer and her husband Will hit the swing clubs in Amsterdam—with Will's ex-girlfriend as their guide! Kit and her "gay" friend Martin flirt with danger in a bondage-tinged threesome with a man Kit's never met . . . . . . These are just a few of the scenes you'll encounter in this extraordinary collection. In The Best of Both Worlds: Bisexual Erotica, two of the brightest lights in the world of erotica come together to bring you a can't-put-it-down collection of erotic fiction and memoir. Sage Vivant, owner of Custom Erotica Source and author of hundreds of erotic stories, and M. Christian, author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling collections Dirty Words, Speaking Parts, and The Bachelor Machine combine forces to deliver the very best in bisexual erotica. The Best of Both Worlds: Bisexual Erotica introduces you to men and women, some experienced, some simply curious, who tear down the walls of gender to explore all of their desires. The unbridled heat of these stories is undeniable. But beyond that, these authors explore the true nature of bisexuality and the conflicts between desire and the expectations of family and society. No matter what your taste in erotica—male/male, female/female, threesomes, orgies, swinging, bondage, dominance and submission—there's something here to tempt you and to make you think. From coming out as bisexual for the first time to being the "voice of experience" and initiating a novice to bisexuality, the men and women in The Best of Both Worlds: Bisexual Erotica open the door to new possibilities as they explore the innermost desires of their bodies—and their souls.
Bisexuality in the Ancient World In this readable and thought-provoking history of bisexuality in the classical age, Eva Cantarella draws on the full range of sources-from legal texts, inscriptions, and medical documents to poetry and philosophical literature-to reconstruct and compare the bisexual cultures of Athens and Rome. She analyzes the link between social class and homosexuality, discusses love between women and the response of women to male homosexuality, and assesses the impact of homosexual relations on heterosexual ones.
When Your Spouse Comes Out: A Straight Mate's Recovery Manual (Glbt Family Studies) One of the most traumatic events that can happen in a marriage is discovering your mate is gay. When Your Spouse Comes Out: A Straight Mate's Recovery Manual is a comprehensive exploration of the trauma that provides practical steps that successful individuals have taken to keep this event from ruining their future. This guide offers solid therapeutic techniques for self-help and presents poignant true stories that illustrate that the damage is not irreparable. The book examines the various reactions to the coming-out event, the personal challenges and obstacles often experienced, and shares lessons learned and some of the secrets of transformation.
Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life "Bisexuality is about three centuries overdue . . . nevertheless, here it is: a learned, witty study of how our curious culture has managed to get everything wrong about sex."
-Gore Vidal
"A marvelous, witty, learned, and sexy book. Bisexuality is destined for landmark status--no one who reads its bold, persuasive argument will ever think the same way about sex."
-Diane Middlebrook, author of Anne Sexton
"Bisexuality uncovers a subject long buried deep within the closet of America's cultural unconscious. Garber's capacities as a cultural commentator--delivered here in funny, witty, and sexy prose--are quite dazzling. A tour de force of social criticism, Bisexuality is in itself a cultural event."
-Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The world is flat. The sun revolves around the earth. Human beings are either heterosexual or homosexual. The first two myths have long been abandoned,but the third has awaited its Columbus or Copernicus. Until now.
In this witty, learned, and scrupulously researched book, Marjorie Garber examines bisexuality and its many modes through a dazzling variety of critical lenses: cultural, literary, and psychological. Bisexuality is a monumental inquiry into what "normal" might mean, and just how difficult it is to make claims about sexuality-someone else's or one's own. Whether you're curious or seriously interested, a lay reader or a student of sexuality or gender, Bisexuality is a book you will have to have.
Formerly published as Vice Versa: Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life from Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 0 684 82412 4
Doin One for the Team: Years in the Swinging Lifestyle Simbaxxx's Doin One for the Team is a fascinating exploration of the swinging lifestyle, as told from a personal perspective, and showing both the good and bad sides of this still vibrant element of social and sexual relationships in America.
Water in a Broken Glass A talented sculptor becomes the centerpiece of a love triangle with the man of her dreams, and the woman destined to become her reality. In Water in a Broken Glass, Odessa Rose paints a landscape where identities sculpted by art and narrow boundaries are put to the test of life and all of its possibilities.
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