{"product_id":"secret-sex-an-anthology-9781459752429","title":"Secret Sex: An Anthology","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNew risky fiction -- with no names attached.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf authors could write their sex scenes anonymously, would they be less reticent? Would they include the stuff they didn't want their mom, or the newspapers, to read?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are twenty-four original short pieces of fiction on the theme of sex, by twenty-four prominent authors living in Canada. Heather O'Neill, Lisa Moore, Michael Winter, Zoe Whittall, Pasha Malla, francesca ekwuyasi, Drew Hayden Taylor, Tamara Faith Berger, and Susan Swan are among these. But we won't tell you who wrote what.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pieces are uncensored, unpredictable; they veer from graphic to subtle to surreal. There is straight sex and gay sex. There is frustrated sex. There is sex that happens entirely through text messages. \u003ci\u003eSecret Sex\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of erotic imaginings by some of Canada's most sophisticated and respected writers, working in total freedom, secretly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing Angie Abdou, Jean-Marc Ah-Sen, Tamara Faith Berger, Jowita Bydlowska, Xaiver Campbell, K.S. Covert, francesca ekwuyasi, Anna Fitzpatrick, Drew Hayden Taylor, Victoria Hetherington, Marni Jackson, Andrew Kaufman, Michael LaPointe, Pasha Malla, Sophie McCreesh, Lisa Moore, Heather O'Neill, Lee Suksi, Susan Swan, Heidi von Palleske, Aley Waterman, Zoe Whittall, David Whitton, Michael Winter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA RARE MACHINES BOOK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthology editor \u003cstrong\u003eRussell Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is a novelist and acquiring editor at Dundurn Press. He lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngie Abdou\u003c\/strong\u003e's first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Bone Cage\u003c\/em\u003e, was a Canada Reads finalist, and her two memoirs have hit the Canadian bestseller list. \u003cem\u003eHer most recent book isThis One Wild Life\u003c\/em\u003e. Abdou is the professor of creative writing at Athabasca University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean Marc Ah-Sen\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eGrand Menteur\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn the Beggarly Style of Imitation\u003c\/em\u003e and of the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eKilworthy Tanner\u003c\/em\u003e. The\u003cem\u003e National Post \u003c\/em\u003ehas hailed his writing as an \"inventive escape from the conventional.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTamara Faith Berger\u003c\/strong\u003e writes fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays. Her work has been nominated for the Trillium Book Award and her third novel, \u003cem\u003eMaidenhead, \u003c\/em\u003e won the Believer Book Award. Her latest novel is \u003cem\u003eYara\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJowita Bydlowska\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Warsaw, Poland, and lives in Toronto. Her most recent book is the novel \u003cem\u003ePossessed\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eXaiver Campbell\u003c\/strong\u003e, born and raised in Jamaica, has considered Newfoundland and Labrador home for over a decade. His fiction has been published in \u003cem\u003eThe Malahat Review, Riddle Fence, \u003c\/em\u003e and the anthologies \u003cem\u003eUs, Now \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Hard Ticket\u003c\/em\u003e, by Breakwater Books, and in \u003cem\u003eRelease Any Words Stuck Inside You, III\u003c\/em\u003e, by Applebeard Editions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eK.S. Covert\u003c\/strong\u003e, a devoted observer of human nature, enjoys putting her characters in morally dubious situations and seeing how -- or whether -- they might transform themselves to suit. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Petting Zoos\u003c\/em\u003e, was described as a dystopian sex adventure. She lives in Ottawa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efrancesca ekwuyasi\u003c\/strong\u003e is from Lagos, Nigeria. Her debut novel, \u003cem\u003eButter Honey Pig Bread\u003c\/em\u003e, was awarded the 2022 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers. It was longlisted and shortlisted for numerous other awards, including the 2020 Giller Prize, the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award, and the 2022 Dublin Literary Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Fitzpatrick\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eGood Girl\u003c\/em\u003e and the children's book \u003cem\u003eMargot and the Moon Landing\u003c\/em\u003e (published as A.C. Fitzpatrick, because some things are best kept separate). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrew Hayden Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning playwright, novelist, journalist, and filmmaker. Born and currently living on the Curve Lake First Nation, he has done everything from stand-up comedy at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, to being artistic director of Canada's premiere Indigenous theatre company, Native Earth Performing Arts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVictoria Hetherington \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of \u003cem\u003eMooncalves\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) and \u003cem\u003eAutonomy\u003c\/em\u003e (2022). She lives in Toronto. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarni Jackson\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning journalist and the author of two works of fiction (\u003cem\u003eDon't I Know You? \u003c\/em\u003eand a forthcoming novel, \u003cem\u003eYou Again\u003c\/em\u003e). Recent collaborative writing projects include two stage shows -- \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Chord: A Leonard Cohen Experience\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Shape of Home: Songs in Search of Al Purdy\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Kaufman\u003c\/strong\u003e has published seven novels, including \u003cem\u003eAll My Friends Are Superheroes, Born Weird\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Ticking Heart. \u003c\/em\u003eHis non-fiction has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e. His novels have been translated into eleven languages and published in eighteen countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael LaPointe\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Creep\u003c\/em\u003e (2021). 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