{"product_id":"all-we-know-of-pleasure-9780932112972","title":"All We Know of Pleasure","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the good stuff: poetry written by women that actually excites the thinking reader. This anthology, spanning work of the last 75 years, will broaden its readers' notions of what defines erotic poetry. For what is more intriguing, more satisfying than strong, self-assured writing?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking anthology includes some of our most powerful women writersamong them Sharon Olds, Elizabeth Alexander, Anne Sexton, Dorianne Laux, Denise Levertov, Adrienne Rich, Lucille Clifton, and Louise Glück. These poets fully demonstrate that, far from being prurient, the erotic can permeate even the most mundane aspects of life, from reading a book to buying clothes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, the collection affirms the enormous meaningfulness of poetryits ability to express the inexpressible and to illuminate the most private and intimate of human experiences. The poets included here represent different ethnicities, geographies, social classes, and sexual preferences. The only\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll We Know of Pleasure: Poetic Erotica by Women was featured in the July 2019 issue of Cosmopolitan    \"All We Know of Pleasure: Poetic Erotica by Women is a breathtaking, eros driven, somatic poetic loveletter to women's bodies. So many of the poets who changed my life and writing live inside this book, and isn't that the truth of it, that poets give our desires and ecstasies back to us? I read it with my whole body, dripping with delight.\" —Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Book of Joan     “I absolutely loved these poems and devoured them in one night— like a lover who wants to take her time but can’t. They reminded me of what I first learned stealing Erica Jong off my mom’s shelf when I was a teenager: sex is the force that drives the world, and women writing about it, with all that energy, particularity, sensuality, and humor, is the powerful force that cracks the world open.” ―Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Lost Family    \"It's the verve of the lines in each of these poems that will electrify a reader. [. . .] Many of the poems play with the language of the erotic the same way lovers play, with a potent and beguiling imagination for both what's observed and experienced. [. . .] The anthology's poems tie love and passion together brilliantly, striking readers as much with their music and magic as their erotic energy.\" ―Apalachee Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALL WE KNOW OF PLEASURE:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoetic Erotica by Women\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEdited and with an Introduction by Enid Shomer\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eI. THE DISCOVERY OF SEX \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoman Reading, KATHLEEN FLENNIKEN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Ecstasy, ERIN BELIEU\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe Lays, MOLLY PEACOCK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePracticing, MARIE HOWE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorinna, Deplaning In Pittsburgh, Looks For Tessera, Her Friend from Summer Camp, STEPHANIE BURT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt Seventeen, ELIZABETH ALEXANDER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Sex, SHARON OLDS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStairway to Heaven, JILL BIALOSKY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sisters of Sexual Treasure, SHARON OLDS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBar Napkin Sonnet #11, MOIRA EGAN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHave You Ever Faked an Orgasm?, MOLLY PEACOCK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFast Gas, DORIANNE LAUX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Diamond Stud, ALICE FULTON\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 4-Barrel Carburetor On a ’72 Chevy Camaro, LORNA DEE CERVANTES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“What Do Women Want?”, KIM ADDONIZIO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNavy, BARBARA O’DAIR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreference, BETH GYLYS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour Shower, NIKKI GIOVANNI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour Hands, ANGELINA WELD GRIMKÉ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFishing Seahorse Reef, ENID SHOMER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen Man Enters Woman, ANNE SEXTON\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChina, DORIANNE LAUX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Source, SHARON OLDS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe French Bed, IDRIS ANDERSON\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBreasts, MAXINE CHERNOFF\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet, MARGE PIERCY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDream Lover,AMY EDGINGTON\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLullaby, MOLLY PEACOCK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrion’s Belt, BRENDA HILLMAN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAttraction, ENID SHOMER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpace Race, COLETTE LABOUFF ATKINSON\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Shyness, SHARON OLDS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesire, DEIDRE POPE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSkylight, JAYNE RELAFORD BROWN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Slip, TERRY WOLVERTON\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Poem for You, KIM ADDONIZIO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lovers, DORIANNE LAUX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirections, KATHERINE RIEGEL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Discovery of Sex, DEBRA SPENCER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesire, JANE HIRSHFIELD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eII. THE ORDINARY DAY BEGINS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKissing Again, DORIANNE LAUX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ordinary Day Begins, JUNE SYLVESTER SARACENO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Knowing, SHARON OLDS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Purr, MOLLY PEACOCK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Kitchen, STACIE CASSARINO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrying, ADA LIMÓN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChrist You Delight Me, SANDRA CISNEROS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hummingbird: A Seduction, PATTIANN ROGERS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeamless Beauty, WENDY LEE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDownward, ERICA JONG\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEverything Depends Upon, JANE ANN DEVOL FULLER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEros at Temple Stream, DENISE LEVERTOV\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Best Seven Minutes of My Life, LORNA DEE CERVANTES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfternoon, NINA RUBINSTEIN ALONSO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurtains of Goldenrod, DIANE ACKERMAN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCapitulation, BARBARA GOLDBERG\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eButtons, CHERYL CLARKE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egreen boy, KAI CHENG THOM\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHousebound, AMY GERSTLER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore or Less Love Poems #7, DIANE DI PRIMA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Love It When, SHARON OLDS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFloating Islands, ENID SHOMER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHold Back, ROBIN BECKER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Live My Life by Three Minute Phone Calls, LAURA BOSS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Celebration, ELLEN BASS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomething Like Rivers Ran, SANDRA CISNEROS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn a night of the full moon, AUDRE LORDE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis Corner of the Western World, JENNIFER CHANG\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmazon Twins, OLGA BROUMAS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sad Truth, ELLEN BASS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 AM, DORIANNE LAUX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(The Floating Poem, Unnumbered), ADRIENNE RICH\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlindfolds, Ropes, SHERYL ST. GERMAIN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Have No Use for Virgins, JANE HIRSHFIELD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIII. WHEN THIS OLD BODY \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGate C22, ELLEN BASS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat Humans Do, WENDY VIDELOCK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKisses, KIM ADDONIZIO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour Fingers Are Still, CHRYSTOS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet, CAROLYN CREEDON\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove Poem, AUDRE LORDE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhenomenal Woman, MAYA ANGELOU\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehomage to my hips, LUCILLE CLIFTON\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreed Up, WENDY BARKER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Endings, KATHERINE RIEGEL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarriage Without Sex, ELLEN BASS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour Beginnings \/ for Kyra, OLGA BROUMAS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe wounded for healing, KAI CHENG THOM\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe animal kingdom, MARGE PIERCY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrowning in Paradise, ADA LIMÓN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDulzura, SANDRA CISNEROS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEcstasy, SHARON OLDS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfter Love, MAXINE KUMIN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterwards, DORIANNE LAUX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWatching You in the Mirror, ALICE FRIMAN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOf Gravity \u0026amp; Angels, JANE HIRSHFIELD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrity, LORNA DEE CERVANTES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSearching for the Comet, DIANE ACKERMAN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUs, ANNE SEXTON\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummer Solstice, STACIE CASSARINO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSong of the Current at Cape Horn, DIANE ACKERMAN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe Thought of Each Other as Food, ROBIN BECKER\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emary, LUCILLE CLIFTON\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Encounter, LOUISE GLÜCK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeshadows, BARBARA GOLDBERG\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Return, MOLLY PEACOCK\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Long Tunnel of Wanting You, ERICA JONG\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking Love to You When You're Far Away, ALISON HAWTHORNE DEMING\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeasting, ELIZABETH W. 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