Readings

There are books for kids simply about trucks being trucks. Then there are cautionary tales like the one in which a boy gets his fingers cut off for being a picky eater—stories about cause and effect, separation from loved ones, stealing, and death. But what’s better than books to ruin a child’s innocence?

Literary writing about sex is rare and usually fails to do justice to the act itself. Is honest writing about sex impossible? Or do authors simply need to do a little more sinning?

Why the push to replace ‘prostitute’ with ‘sex worker’ obscures the real issues.