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Tag: erotica

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Espresso Shots: There Are Reasons For This: A Novel, by Nini Berndt

July 6, 2025 driftlessareareview

There Are Reasons For This possesses a strange beauty. It tells a sad yet joyous love story amid ecological apocalypse and global economic collapse. Continue reading Espresso Shots: There Are Reasons For This: A Novel, by Nini Berndt

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Espresso Shots: Indian Winter, by Kazim Ali

April 14, 2024June 10, 2025 driftlessareareview

Indian Winter is an exploration of the writing process, the varieties of love, and the appreciation for a place rife with beauty and sensuality. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Indian Winter, by Kazim Ali

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Translation Tuesdays: Birth Canal, by Dias Novita Wuri

October 24, 2023October 22, 2023 driftlessareareview

In four interrelated stories, Birth Canal by Dias Novita Wuri explores the torturous relations between men and women. Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Birth Canal, by Dias Novita Wuri

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Espresso Shots: 404 Error: memoir of a nobody, by RG Vasicek & Zak Ferguson

October 22, 2023 driftlessareareview

The short novel shifts between comedy and horror, commentary and meta-commentary, wetware and meatspace. Continue reading Espresso Shots: 404 Error: memoir of a nobody, by RG Vasicek & Zak Ferguson

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Espresso Shots: Hong Kong Noir, edited by Jason Y. Ng and Susan Blumberg-Kason

December 14, 2021December 12, 2021 driftlessareareview

As always, Akashic Books crafts a brilliant anthology. Highly recommended for those wanting to explore Hong Kong’s dark underbelly. Continue reading Espresso Shots: Hong Kong Noir, edited by Jason Y. Ng and Susan Blumberg-Kason

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Celebrating Pride Month!

June 1, 2020July 15, 2020 driftlessareareview

The Driftless Area Review celebrate Gay Pride! Continue reading Celebrating Pride Month!

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“My Wet Hot Drone Summer: New Lovers #4,” by Lex Brown @ NYRB

October 20, 2015 driftlessareareview

If “My Wet Hot Drone Summer” by Lex Brown is any indication of the quality Badlands Unlimited brings to the literary erotica market, then they are off to a great start. Continue reading “My Wet Hot Drone Summer: New Lovers #4,” by Lex Brown @ NYRB

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The NSFW Files reviewed by Roxy Katt

March 20, 2015 driftlessareareview

he erotica writer Roxy Katt reviews my essay collection, The NSFW Files. Continue reading The NSFW Files reviewed by Roxy Katt

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The NSFW Files … Last of the Hypermodern Editions

January 25, 2015 driftlessareareview

The NSFW Files will be one of the last titles offered by CCLaP in a handmade Hypermodern edition. Get ’em while they’re hot! Continue reading The NSFW Files … Last of the Hypermodern Editions

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The NSFW Files: Matriarchy: Freedom in Bondage, by Malcolm McKesson

May 30, 2014April 30, 2020 driftlessareareview

This week Karl Wolff reviews, “Matriarchy: Freedom in Bondage,” by Malcolm McKesson for the penultimate installment of his essay series, The NSFW Files. Continue reading The NSFW Files: Matriarchy: Freedom in Bondage, by Malcolm McKesson

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