The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing: Who Will Advance from the Erotic Eight?

For the second round of The Tournament of Literary Sex Writing (the Erotic Eight, obviously), we took our era-specific division winners and crossed them over in an atemporal free-for-all of sexy lit. Match-ups are below, click through to see who won…

KATE CHOPIN VS. PHILIP ROTH

As judged by Garth Greenwell

JEAN GENET VS. JEANETTE WINTERSON

As judged by Naomi Jackson

BRAM STOKER VS. JAMES BALDWIN

As judged by Roxane Gay

D.H. LAWRENCE VS. KATHY ACKER

As judged by Sarah Nicole Prickett