Kink
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‘This anthology of literary fiction features an all-star ensemble’ Cosmopolitan ‘A reflective and must-read collection’ Stylist Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander Chee, Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado, and more. Kink is a dynamic anthology of literary fiction that opens an imaginative door into the world of desire. The stories within this collection portray love, desire, BDSM, and sexual kinks in all their glory with a bold new vision. The collection includes works by renowned fiction writers such as Callum Angus, Alexander Chee, Vanessa Clark, Melissa Febos, Kim Fu, Roxane Gay, Cara Hoffman, Zeyn Joukhadar, Chris Kraus, Carmen Maria Machado, Peter Mountford, Larissa Pham, and Brandon Taylor, with Garth Greenwell and R.O. Kwon as editors. The stories within explore bondage, power-play, and submissive-dominant relationships; we are taken to private estates, therapists’ offices, underground sex clubs, private estates, and even a Victorian-era sex theater. While there are whips and chains, sure, the true power of these stories lies in their beautiful, moving dispatches from across the sexual spectrum of interest and desires, as portrayed by some of today’s most exciting writers.
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This is a provocative and racy look at the topic of Kink. I found all the expressions of kink and the spectrum of characters and their relationships to kink so refreshing and liberating. This is a bold collection with contributions from some world class writers such as Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado and Brandon Taylor as well as the editors themselves. My only caveat is that there was too much spit play in some of the stories. But that is my personal preference as I have a very low squeamish tolerance for anything to do with spit!
But really this collection was so powerful. It was creative and uninhibited and really explored kink and it's misconceptions and it's cultural and social and psychological roots and it's many expressions some ugly, some passionate in such cutting edge, compelling short stories. I would recommend this to everyone. This is a collection that needs to be shared. We are living in 2021, we need to see this part of people's sense of self and identity represented in our literature.
Thank you to the editors R. O Kwon and Garth Greenwell, Simon & Schuster UK and Netgalley for a review copy in exchange for an honest review.
I received an ARC of this book and I am writing a review without prejudice and voluntarily. I am sorry to say that I did not connect with the characters in this book. You might, so please do not take my opinion as anything other than a reader who did not make a connection.
