Episode 135 - Erotica

Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast

This episode we’re talking about Erotica! We discuss the relationship between erotica and porn, the differences between erotica and romance fiction, fanfiction, and much more!

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In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to…)

• Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
• Thirty by Jill Emerson
• Super Fun Sexy Times by Meredith McClaren
• La technique du périnée by Florent Ruppert and Jérôme Mulot
• Kink: Stories edited by R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell
• Permission by Saskia Vogel
• Neon Gods by Katee Robert
• Nerve Endings: The New Trans Erotic edited by Tobi Hill-Meyer
• Oglaf by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne (NSFW)
• Little Cat by Tamara Faith Berger

Other Media We Mentioned

• Penthouse Letters
• The Fermata by Nicholson Baker
  • Discards by Nicholson Baker
• Sex Criminals: Volume One: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky
• Nymph by Francesca Lia Block
• Small Favors: The Definitive Girly Porno Collection by Colleen Coover
• Chester 5000 by Jess Fink
• We Can Fix It: A Time Travel Memoir by Jess Fink
• Smut Peddler Presents: My Monster Boyfriend edited by C. Spike Trotman
• Yes, Roya by C. Spike Trotman and EA Denich
• Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
• Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series by Laurell K. Hamilton
• The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
• Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

Links, Articles, and Things

• Episode 070 - Erotic Romance
• Manga in Libraries: Spooky & Scary Manga (registration link!)
• #31SpookyManga
• Our Bookshop.org shop
• Erotica: Full-Frontal Shelving | Genre Spotlight
• @arkhamlibrarian (Librarian who posts pulp/smut covers fairly regularly)
• Chuck Tingle (Wikipedia)
• Jessica Bird (J.R. Ward) (Wikipedia)
• Sherrilyn Kenyon (Wikipedia)
• Anne Bishop (Wikipedia)
• Sex magic (Wikipedia)
• Literotica
• Archive of Our Own
• ALA’s GNCRT’s Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List
• Bluebeard (fairy tale) (Wikipedia)
• Lemon Demon - Two Trucks
• Salt N Pepa - Let's Talk About Sex
• Creepypasta (Wikipedia)
• Monster erotica (Wikipedia)

18 Erotica books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

• The Lover, the Lake/L'amant du lac by Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau
• Taking on the Billionaire by Robin Covington
• The Other Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey
• Garden of Flesh by Gilbert Hernandez
• In Her Closet by Tasha L. Harrison
• Lord of the Senses by Vikram Kolmannskog
• Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel by Walter Mosley
• The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma
• Hood: An Urban Erotic Tale by Noire
• Play With Me by Alisha Rai
• Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
• Yes, Roya by C. Spike Trotman, illustrated by Emilee Denich
• Haven by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• The Carnal Prayer Mat by Li Yu
• The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth by Zane
• A Taste Of Sin by Fiona Zedde
• Every Dark Desire by Fiona Zedde

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