• The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: First Round Winners!

    Our Esteemed Judges Start to Narrow Down the Field

    The first round of these kinds of tournaments can often yield the most exciting results, as plucky underdogs upset perennial favorites. Click through to see who our judges chose to move to round two of The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing.

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    ERA I: Everything prior to the 1922 publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses.

    Gustave Flaubert vs. Kate Chopin: JUDGE ROXANE GAY DECIDES

    John Cleland vs. Bram Stoker: JUDGE MOLLY CRABAPPLE DECIDES

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    ERA II: The Lost Generation and After

    Jean Genet vs. Henry Miller: JUDGE CANDACE BUSHNELL DECIDES

    D.H. Lawrence vs. Zora Neale Hurston: JUDGE GARTH GREENWELL DECIDES

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    ERA III: Lolita and Everything After

    Erica Jong vs. James Baldwin: JUDGE EILEEN MYLES DECIDES

    James Salter vs. Philip Roth: JUDGE ALEXANDER CHEE DECIDES

    1980S to now

    ERA IV: The 1980s to Now

    Kathy Acker vs. Dennis Cooper: JUDGE NAOMI JACKSON DECIDES

    Jeanette Winterson vs. Annie Proulx: JUDGE SARAH NICOLE PRICKETT DECIDES

     







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