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recommended reading : bibliography : videography
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Books

Many of these books are available at
Goodvibes.com!


Publications

5 Minute Erotica, ed. (Running Press, 2003)

Best Bisexual Erotica Volume 2, ed. with Bill Brent (Circlet/Black Books, 2001)

Best Bisexual Erotica, ed. with Bill Brent (Circlet/Black Books, 2000)

The Leather Daddy and the Femme (Cleis, 1998) - winner of a Firecracker Alternative Book award for fiction, 1999 -- Cleis edition is out of print
Reissued with new material in 2003 (Down There Press)

Sex Spoken Here: Stories from the Good Vibrations Erotic Reading Circle, ed. with Jack R. Davis (Down There Press, 1998)

PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality, ed.with Lawrence Schimel (Cleis, 1997) - winner of a 1998 Lambda Literary Award

Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culture (Cleis, 1997) -- reissued 2002 with new introduction and updated Recommended Reading list.

Switch Hitters: Lesbians Write Gay Male Erotica and Gay Men Write Lesbian Erotica, ed. with Lawrence Schimel, (Cleis, 1996)
[partially reprinted with new material in German under the title Sexperimente (Querverlag, 1999)]

Exhibitionism for the Shy (Down There Press, 1995; Quality Paperback Book Club Edition, 1997)
[excerpted in the German book Dirty Talking (Schwarzkopf und Schwarzkopf, 2002); also translated into Chinese (Hsin-Lin Books, 2003)

Everything You Know About Sex Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to the Extremes of Human Sexuality (and everything in between), Ed. Russ Kick (The Disinformation Company, 2005)
Orgies: A Brief Paean and a Few Practical Thoughts

Best American Sex Writing 2005, ed. Violet Blue (Cleis, 2005)


Forthcoming Books

Whipped! from Chamberlain/Penguin


Anthologized Stories and Essays

I Do/I Don’t: Queers on Marriage, ed. Greg Wharton and Ian Philips (Suspect Thoughts, 2004)
Always a Cultural Deconstructionist, Never a Bride

That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, ed. Matt Bernstein Sycamore (Soft Skull, 2004)
Never a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride [same as the I Do/I don’t essay with small edits and a new title]

On Our Backs Guide to Lesbian Sex, ed. Diana Cage (Alyson, 2004)
The Ins and Outs of Fisting

Paying For It: A guide by sex workers for their clients, ed. Greta Christina (Greenery Press, 2004)
Memo to My Clients: How to Keep Your Job

Master, ed. N.T. Morley (Venus Book Club, 2004)
Grifter
slave, ed. N.T. Morley (Venus Book Club, 2004)
Inexorable
[these two books were published in one volume]

Juicy Erotica, ed. Alison Tyler (Pretty Things Press, 2004)
The Bounty of Summer

5 Minute Erotica, ed. (Running Press, 2003)
The Bounty of Summer

Best SM Erotica: Extreme Tales of Extreme Sex, ed. M. Christian (Black Books, 2003)
Knife

Hot and Bothered 4, ed. Karen X. Tulchinsky (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2003)
She’s Not a Lesbian

Electric 2: Best Lesbian Erotic Fiction, ed. Nicole Foster (Alyson, 2003)
A Show for a Showgirl

Guilty Pleasures: True Tales of Erotic Indulgence, ed. M. Christian (Black Books, 2002)
The Babysitter’s Tale (or, the Fine Edge of Disaster)

Journal of Bisexuality Volume 2, Number 2/3 -- Bisexual Women in the Twenty-first Century, ed. Fritz Klein and Dawn Atkins (Harrington Park Press, 2002)
Lesbian Love in the Swingin’ ‘70s: A Bisexual Memoir
[published separately in book form under the title Bisexual Women in the Twenty-first Century]

Opposing Viewpoints: Pornography, ed. Helen Cothran (Greenhaven Press, 2002)
Anti-Pornography Feminists Harm the Women’s Movement

The Burning Pen: Sex writers on Sex Writing, ed. M. Christian (Alyson, 2001)
What Do Women Want? We Want to Be Big Slutty Fags, Among Other Things
After the Light Changed

Of the Flesh: Dangerous New Fiction, ed. Greg Wharton (Suspect Thoughts Press, 2001)
Blowjob City

Turning Pro: A Guide to Sex Work for the Ambitious and the Intrigued, Magdalena Meretrix (Greenery Press, 2001)
Foreword

Best Bisexual Women’s Erotica, ed. Cara Bruce (Cleis, 2001)
Hair Club for Bisexuals

Journal of Bisexuality Volume 1, Number 1, ed. Fritz Klein (Harrington Park Press, 2001)
Bisexuals Help Create the Standards for Safer Sex: San Francisco 1981-1987 (with Robert Morgan Lawrence)

The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica, ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Carroll & Graf, 2001)
The Heart in My Garden

Starf*krs, ed. Shar Rednour (Alyson, 2001)
A Show for a Showgirl

Best Bisexual Erotica Volume 2, ed. with Bill Brent (Circlet/Black Books, 2001)
Lucky Pierre

Best Women's Erotica 2001, ed. Marcy Sheiner (Cleis, 2001)
The Heart in My Garden

Readings in Contemporary Sexuality, ed. John P. Elia and Albert J. Angelo (Kendall/Hunt, 2000)
Bisexual, Sexual Diversity, and the Sex-Positive Perspective
Sex Work: A Contemporary Introduction to the World’s Oldest Trade

Best American Erotica 2000, ed. Susie Bright (Touchstone/Simon and Schuster, 2000)
From The Leather Daddy and the Femme

Best of the Best Gay Erotica (Cleis, 2000)
Ganged

Best of the Best Lesbian Erotica, ed. Tristan Taormino (Cleis, 2000)
Ariel

Male Lust: Pleasure, Power, and Transformation, ed. Kerwin Kay, Jill Nagle, and Baruch Gold (The Haworth Press, 2000)
Elegy for My Father’s Dick

Best Bisexual Erotica, ed. with Bill Brent (Circlet/Black Books, 2000)
Like a Virgin

Aqua Erotica, ed. Mary Anne Mohanraj (Three Rivers Press, 2000)
Hot Springs

Unlimited Desires: An International Anthology of Bisexual Erotica, ed. Laurence Brewer, Kevin Lano, and Trish Oak (BiPress, London, 2000)
After the Light Changed

Viscera: An Anthology of Bizarre Erotica, ed. Cara Bruce (Venus or Vixen, 2000)
Knife

Strategic Sex: Why They Won’t Keep It in the Bedroom, ed. D. Travers Scott (The Haworth Press, 1999)
Porno/Formance: Some Notes on Sex as Art

Tricks and Treats: Sex Workers Write About Their Clients, ed. Matt Bernstein Sycamore (The Haworth Press, 1999)
Toward a Taxonomy of Tricks: A Whore Considers the Age-Old Question, “What Do Clients Want?”

Hot and Bothered 2, ed. Karen X. Tulchinsky (Arsenal Pulp Press, 1999)
Social Skills

This Is What Lesbian Looks Like, ed. Kris Kleindienst (Firebrand, 1999)
Lesbian/Sex: About What We Do and Desire, and Its Relation to Community and Identity (Or, How I Learned to Love the Sex Wars)

The Oy of Sex, ed. Marcy Sheiner (Cleis, 1999)
L’Chaim: A Shiksa’s Story

Herotica 6, ed. Marcy Sheiner (Down There Press, 1999)
Being Met

Best Lesbian Erotica 1999, ed. Tristan Taormino (Cleis, 1999)
The Letter

Eros Ex Machina: Eroticizing the Mechanical, ed. M. Christian (Masquerade, 1998)
The Inheritance
[reprinted under the title Sex Machines: Eroticizing the Mechanical, Venus Book Club, 2002]

Brief Encounters: Stories of Love, Sex, and Travel, ed. Michelle de Kretser (Lonely Planet, 1998)
Sweating Profusely in Merida
[translated into Dutch in 2002, published under the title Korte ontmoetingen]

Sex Spoken Here: Stories from the Good Vibrations Erotic Reading Circle, ed. with Jack R. Davis (Down There Press, 1998)
Artemis

Herotica 5, ed. Marcy Sheiner (Plume/NAL, 1998)
Marilyn

Girljock: The Book, ed. Roxxie (St. Martin’s, 1998)
The Sauna

Same Sex: Debating the Ethics, Science, and Culture of Homosexuality, ed. John Corvino (Rowman and Littlefield, 1997)
Strangers at Home: Bisexual in the Queer Movement

Portraits of Love: Lesbians Writing About Love, ed. Susan Fox Rogers and Linda Smukler (St. Martin’s, 1997)
Portrait of Carol and Janelle (with Janelle Davis)

Noirotica 2: Pulp Friction, ed. Thomas Roche (Masquerade, 1997)
Heaven Sent

The Ecstatic Moment: The Best of Libido, ed. Marianna Beck and Jack Hafferkamp (Delta/Dell, 1997)
Warm Silk
[also published in Australia by Bantam]

Bitch Goddess: The Spiritual Path of the Dominant Woman, ed. Pat Califia and Drew Campbell (Greenery Press, 1997)
Cleo DuBois Interview

I Am My Lover, ed. Joani Blank (Down There Press, 1997)
Intro to my photo set

Best Lesbian Erotica 1997, ed. Tristan Taormino (Cleis, 1997)
Ariel

Whores and Other Feminists, ed. Jill Nagle (Routledge, 1997)
Sex Radical Politics, Sex-Positive Feminist thought, and Whore Stigma

Tales from the Clit, ed. Cherie Matrix (AK Press, 1997)
The Four-Foot Phallus

Queer View Mirror 2, ed. James C. Johnstone and Karen X. Tulchinsky (Arsenal Pulp Press, 1997)
Hot ‘n’ Hunky

PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality, ed.with Lawrence Schimel (Cleis, 1997) - winner of a 1998 Lambda Literary Award
Beyond the Valley of the Fag Hags

The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality, ed. Robert Francoeur (Continuum, 1997)
Bisexuality in the US (with Robert Morgan Lawrence)

Mammoth Book of International Erotica, ed. Maxim Jakubowski (Robinson, 1996)
Sweating Profusely in Merida: A Memoir

Sexualities, ed. Marny Hall (The Haworth Press, 1996)
Women, SM, and Therapy

First Person Sexual, ed. Joani Blank (Down There Press, 1996)
Warm Silk

Sons of Darkness, ed. Michael Rowe and Thomas S. Roche (Cleis, 1996)
Feeding

Best Gay Erotica 1996, ed. Michael Thomas Ford (Cleis, 1996)
Ganged

Coming Up: The World's Best Erotica, ed. Michael Perkins (Richard Kasak, 1996)
Hot Springs

Herotica 4, ed. Marcy Sheiner (Plume/NAL, 1996)
The Best Whore in Hillsboro

Noirotica, ed. Thomas S. Roche (Masquerade, 1996)
Silencer

Once Upon a Time: Erotic Fairy Tales for Women, ed. Michael Thomas Ford (Richard Kasak, 1996)
Puss in Boots: Or, Clever Mistress Cat

Switch Hitters: Lesbians Write Gay Male Erotica and Gay Men Write Lesbian Erotica, ed. with Lawrence Schimel, (Cleis, 1996)
Poster Boy

The Second Coming, ed. Pat Califia and Robin Sweeney (Alyson, 1996)
Bisexual Perverts Among the Leather Lesbians: Some Thoughts on Border-Crossing

Bisexuality: The Psychology and Politics of an Invisible Minority, ed. Beth Firestein (Sage, 1996)
Bisexuality, Sexual Diversity, and the Sex-Positive Perspective

Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions, ed. Naomi Tucker (The Haworth Press, 1995)
Sexual Diversity and Bisexual Identity

More Out Thank In: Notes on Sex, Art, and Community, ed. Keith Hennessy and Rachel Kaplan (848 Community Space, 1995)
Fear No Art (with Robert Lawrence) [expanded version in Strategic Sex: Why They Won’t Keep It in the Bedroom, 1999]

Virgin Territory, ed. Shar Rednour (A Richard Kasak Book, 1995)
The Happy Baby

Looking For Mr. Preston: A Tribute to John Preston, ed. Laura Antoniou (A Richard Kasak Book, 1995)
Ganged

Totally Herotica, ed. Susie Bright and Joani Blank (Quality Paperback Book Club, 1995)
At Dr. D’Amour’s Party and Sweating Profusely in Merida

Women of the Light, ed. Kenneth Ray Stubbs (Secret Garden, 1994)
The Call Girl

Herotica 3, ed. Susie Bright (Plume/NAL, 1994)
Sweating Profusely in Merida

Dagger: On Butch Women, ed. Lily Burana, Roxxie, and Linnea Due (Cleis, 1994)
Why I Love Butch Women

Doing It For Daddy, ed. Pat Califia (Alyson, 1994)
The Leather Daddy and the Femme, Part 1: After the Light Changed and The Leather Daddy and the Femme, Part 2: The Next Morning

The Best American Erotica 1994, ed. Susie Bright (Touchstone/Simon and Schuster, 1994)
Sweating Profusely in Merida

The Best American Erotica 1993, ed. Susie Bright (Collier/Macmillan, 1993)
Golden Boy

Madonnarama, ed. Lisa Frank and Paul Smith (Cleis, 1993)
Talking About Sex

Leatherwomen, ed Laura Antoniou (Masquerade, 1993)
Knife

Herotica 2, ed. Susie Bright and Joani Blank (Plume/NAL, 1992)
At Dr. D’Amour’s Party

The Erotic Impulse, ed. David Steinberg (Jeremy Tarcher, 1992)
Erotic Power and Trust

Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out, ed. Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu (Alyson, 1991)
The Queer in Me

Forthcoming Stories/Essays

Cafe Sex, ed. Tim Woodward (Ringpull Press, UK)

Noirotica 4, ed. Thomas Roche (Black Books)

Queer Culture, ed. Deborah Carlin and Jennifer DiGrazia (Prentice Hall)


Editorial Boards

I serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Bisexuality and have been an associate editor of Libido.


Interviews in Books

Modern Pagans, ed. V. Vale and John Sulak (RE/Search, 2001)

Sex Tips & Tales From Women Who Dare by Jo-Anne Baker (Hunter House, 2001)

The Red Thread of Passion by David Guy (1999)

Good Sex by Julia Hutton (Cleis, 1992)

Some Of My Best Friends Are Naked by Tim Keefe (Barbary Coast, 1992)

Lesbian Crossroads by Ruth Baetz (Wm. Morrow, 1980)

Pictured in I Am My Lover, ed. Joani Blank (Down There Press, 1997)

Pictured in Femalia, ed. Joani Blank (Down There Press, 1993)


Other Interviews

I have also been interviewed for numerous magazines and TV/video documentaries on various sexual topics, including a Penthouse article on “Outlaw Feminists”; a piece about triadic relationships for British Elle; an interview inspired by my book Exhibitionism for the Shy for Cosmopolitan; and a piece about the San Francisco women's scene in Hustler.

Other Publications

I have written for many magazines, online publications, and periodicals, including:
San Francisco Chronicle
Journal of Woman and Sex Therapy
playboy.com
The Spectator
Toronto Eye
On Our Backs
San Francisco Bay Guardian

contents : meet carol : appearing soon : advice : travels : opinion : talking to carol : faq
recommended reading : bibliography : videography
"a dr. like this" : the center for sex and culture : contact