Here is an excerpt from the interview: “In ancient Greece, the husband of a cheating wife could shame his rival by shoving spikey fish and radishes up the offender’s ass. In the Middle Ages, impotence was one of the few allowable reasons for divorce. Throughout history a common punishment for rapists was for them to …
Monthly Archive: May 2012
May 24
Fictionaut Five Interview with Daniel Pyne
Here is an excerpt from the interview: “What’s the best writer’s advice you ever got? Stay in the chair. When you get up, anything can happen. Sandwich. Nap. Seeing what the dogs are up to. Finding that thing you lost the other day. Or where the window was leaking last February during the big rain. …
May 24
Praise for Elsewhere, California in Publishers Weekly
Here is an excerpt from the starred review in Publishers Weekly: “This wildly vivid novel unfolds, zigzagging between Avery’s past and present and exploring all the ways in which one continues to both haunt and electrify the other. Johnson, a California native and professor of English at the University of Southern California, introduced Avery in …
May 24
The Destructive Power of the Western Myth
Here is an excerpt from an interview with Bruce Holbert in The Inlander: “’I write a lot about disorder,’ says Holbert. ‘I don’t know if I believe there is much order. I mean, trying to get some together is necessary and good, but I feel a little bit about order like I feel about stories. …
May 24
Female Love and Leather Machines in the Early Modern Period
Here is a short passage from an excerpt of Sex & Punishment, posted in Boing Boing: “Perhaps because the Bible ignores same-sex female relations, or maybe because men cannot imagine that women could experience sexual pleasure without them, lesbian relations have been given inconsistent treatment by the law. It was mostly ignored until the Renaissance, …
May 24
When A Medieval Knight Could Marry Another Medieval Knight
Here is a short passage from an excerpt of Sex & Punishment, posted in The Awl: “Such same-sex unions—sometimes called “spiritual brotherhoods”—forged irrevocable bonds between the men involved. Often they involved missionaries about to set off on foreign voyages, but lay male couples also entered into them. Other than the gender of the participants, it …
May 16
Praise for Sex & Punishment in The Guardian
Here is an excerpt from the review: “I don’t think I’ve ever read such an entertaining historical work. It has the wisdom granted by perspective, without the condescension of someone who thinks we’re wiser than our ancestors. Whether you want to fuel your indignation, or simply furnish yourself with enough jaw-dropping data to galvanise a …
May 16
Praise for Lonesome Animals in Bill Crider’s Pop Culture Magazine
“Lonesome Animals s a strikingly written character study with action and violence aplenty, and it’s noir to the core. You’ll even find some humor in it if you go for the black and twisted kind. Check it out.” For the full review, visit: BillCrider.blogspot.com
May 15
11 Ways You Could Be Punished For Your Desire
Here is an excerpt from Eric Berkowitz’ guest post in the Huffington Post: “While the human needs for food, water and shelter can easily be met, the craving for sex is never fully satisfied. Even St. Augustine, who saw the sex urge as divine punishment for Adam and Eve’s original sin and regarded the genitalia …
May 15
Interview with Sebastian Gibson on Cantotalk
To listen to the interview, please visit: BlogTalkRadio.com