Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write About Real Sex

by Jong, Erica

• ISBN13: 9780062193223
• ISBN10: 0062193228
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-26
• Publisher: Harpercollins

Summary

When it comes to sex, what do women want? In this eye-opening and courageous collection, Erica Jong reveals that every woman has her own answer. Susan Cheever talks about the "excruciating hazards of casual sex," while Gail Collins recounts her Catholic upbringing in Cincinnati and the nuns who passionately forbade her from having "carnal relations." In "Everything Must Go," Jennifer Weiner explores how, in love, the body can play just as big a role as the heart. The octogenarians in Karen Abbott's sharp-eyed piece possess a passion that could give Betty White a run for her money. Molly Jong-Fast reflects on her unconventional upbringing and why a whole generation of young women have rejected "free love" in favor of Bugaboo strollers and Mommy-and-me yoga. Sex, it turns out, can be as fleeting, heavy, mundane, and intense as the rest of life. Indeed, Jong states in her powerful introduction "the truth is- sex is life."

Author Biography

Erica Jong is an award-winning poet, novelist, and essayist best known for her eight bestselling novels, including the international bestseller Fear of Flying. She is also the author of seven award-winning collections of poetry.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
A Fucking Miracle	p. 1
Worst Sex	p. 8
Peekaboo I See You	p. 15
Prude	p. 20
Sex with a Stranger	p. 32
Everything Must Go: A Short Story	p. 38
Love Rollercoaster 1975	p. 48
Absolutely Dangerous	p. 57
The One Who Breaks My Heart	p. 64
Do I Own You Now?	p. 76
Let's Not Talk About Sex	p. 83
My Best Friend's Boyfriend-Fay Weldon	p. 90
The Diddler	p. 96
The Dignity Channel	p. 106
Miss Honeypot Marries: A Short Story	p. 115
Best Sex Ever: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis	p. 125
Cock of My Dreams: A Graphic Fantasy	p. 131
Cramming It All In: A Satire	p. 137
Reticence and Fieldwork	p. 139
My First Time, Twice	p. 149
Light Me Up	p. 154
Herman and Margot	p. 177
Somewhere I Have Never Traveled, Gladly	p. 183
Skin, Just Skin: A Dramatic Triologue	p. 194
Reading of O	p. 199
Going All the Way	p. 205
The Man in Question	p. 210
They Had Sex So I Didn't Have To	p. 217
Kiss: A Short, Short Story	p. 222
Acknowledgments	p. 225
Contributors	p. 226
About the Editor	p. 237
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