Press & Reviews

Best Sex Writing 2009

"The best article in the collection is without a doubt Mary Roach’s “The Immaculate Orgasm: Who Needs Genitals?” Roach, the author of Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, is great at bringing scientific exploration on sexual subjects to the public in a thorough yet light-hearted manner. " review,
Fiction Writers Review

"Award-winning editor Rachel Kramer Bussel, though an accomplished titilator herself, doesn’t go for tittilation, but rather stimulation, selecting pieces that arouse our senses of curiosity, indignation, wonder, humor, empathy and discomfort more than our bathing suit parts." Review,
Alternet

Winner, IPPY (Independent Publisher) Award for Sexuality/Relationships

Best Sex Writing 2008

"Best Sex Writing is, in the end, a misnomer, because the word sex means so much more than just intercourse. One gets a sense, as Bussel puts it, of 'the breadth of human sexuality ... and how sex changes people over time.'"
"Writers Bare All For the Best Sex of 2008," Columbia Spectator

Best Sex Writing 2006

"These seventeen pieces written by some of the most famous and not-so-famous names in the world of sex and sexuality, reflect a variety of standpoints with one main theme connecting them all. Regardless of the writer, all pieces are permeated with a sex-positive perspective that emboldens the reader to look outside the box of mainstream media."
Review, Curled Up With A Good Book

Best Sex Writing 2005

"[D]iversity is one of the book's strengths. There are accounts of being a porn journalist, visiting the Kinsey museum, providing what would be politely called 'member checks' at a gay night club, working as a teller in a sperm bank. The collection includes a number of personal stories about working as a sex worker or porn actor, and there are tales from the fringes of the sex scene, from the manufacture of sex devices, to fetish conventions celebrating (and sexualizing) everything from Star Wars Stormtroopers to characters from Lord of the Rings."
Review, MentalHelp.net

"'Best Sex,' taken as a whole, is primarily interested in delving into sexual subcultures mainly through first-person, somewhat experimental, appealingly unflinching pieces. It's a fun, nimble book that never loses its sense of humor about itself."
Review, Salon.com