Delta of Venus

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From influential feminist artist and essayist Anais Nin, Delta of Venus is one of the most important works of modern female erotica and "a joyous display of the erotic imagination" (The New York Times Book Review). Despite being told to leave poetic language aside and concentrate on graphic, sexually explicit scenarios, Nin was able to give these stories a literary flourish and a layer of images and ideas beyond the pornographic. Our April Strong Women read is Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World. She adopted the moniker "Seka" from a female blackjack dealer she once knew in Vegas, then relocated to Los Angeles to start her adult movie career.

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We believe you can present sexually explicit erotica with smarts and even a bit of class - and so strive to be part virtual erotica museum, part historical archive, and most of all a porn site that doesn't insult your intelligence. Her vibrant and impassioned prose evokes the essence of female sexuality in a world where only love has meaning. In Delta of Venus, Anais Nin pens a lush, magical world where the characters of her imagination possess the most universal of desires and exceptional of talents.While using the Kama Sutra and other writings such as those of Krafft-Ebing as models, Nin was very conscious that the languages of male and female sexuality were distinct. If this is your first time here, check out the tour to see what awaits you within, or scroll down to browse the updates in our collection.

Delta of Venus - Penguin Books UK

Although at times she scorned her erotica, and feared for their impact on her literary reputation, [7] they have subsequently been seen by sex-positive feminists as pioneering work. Johnson (1881–1960), a wealthy American businessman from Ardmore, Oklahoma, who had discovered the Healdton Oil Pool. com, the net’s premiere source for vintage smut, classic erotic photography, and a vast array of history and sex-related musings.Annette's arguably the best pure *actress* of 1970s-1980s adult flicks, and had some roles in mainstream movies also. A sex goddess from the Golden Age of XXX, Annette was born in Las Vegas to a conservative Mormon family (which she says influenced her decision to enter porn) and upon adulthood moved to San Francisco and found work as a stripper. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Delta of Venus written by Anais Nin which was published in 1977–. The collection of short stories that makes up this anthology was written during the 1940s for a private client known simply as "Collector". Born in 1923 in Nashville, voted “Most Likely To Succeed” in high school and then graduated salutatorian of her class, Bettie then bounced around from California to Miami to Haiti before arriving in New York City.