{"product_id":"rarely-pure-and-never-simple-selected-essays-of-scott-ohara-haworth-gay-lesbian-studies-9780789005731","title":"Rarely Pure and Never Simple Selected Essays of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA follow-up to O'Hara's steamy and provocative book Autopornography: A Memoir of Life in the Lust Lane, Rarely Pure and Never Simple: Selected Essays of Scott O'Hara shares with you more intimate stories from former porn star Scott O'Hara. You'll gain an even deeper sense of the man behind the “Biggest Dick in San Francisco” and come to understand his take on porn, sex, life, and loss. Discussing his ventures as a writer, playwright, and editor of the popular but short-lived journal Steam, Rarely Pure and Never Simple includes poems and stories by O'Hara that express his opinions and feelings about monogamy, safe sex, male beauty, morality, social politics, and “being queer.” O'Hara also relates his childhood experiences to his adult life and uses many examples to link the past to his actions and thoughts concerning his sexuality.Bold, personal, and honest, Rarely Pure and Never Simple gives you an inside look into the life of this controvers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents Foreword    Do Be Fruitful, Won’t You Dear?   The Truth Is. . .   A Dick by Any Other Name   Making Porn: The Hangover  Seeing Beauty   Whaddya Like?   Where There’s a Wall, There’s a Way   GWM, 35, Horizontal, Versatile, Asleep   Playing with My Mind   Schloop, Spooge, Spunk: A Syntax of Sex   Testament   Call Me Irresponsible   Better Than Sex   Why Is a Beach?   Ripe and Ready   My Last Parasite   Feeling a Little Queer   Wholesome and Natural   Ah, Unity   Is That a Tumor on Your Tummy, or. . . ?   The Opinionated Pervert   Kilo-Mania   Codeine Is God   In Recovery   Going Through a Phase   Breaking the Rules   Doubting Death   Loving Life   In a Former Life   Rarely Pure   Learning Lust   Do It Yourself   Candid Camera   Through a Maze, Darkly   Soaking In It   Owning the Road   Performed Consent   Hot Nights in the Deep-Freeze: Porn in the Nineties   In Love with My Work   I Know It When I See It   You May Already Be Dead   . . . and Never Simple   Taking Photos   Turned Off   Slightly More Than Two Cents’ Worth   Gay Life Ends at 40   Billiard Ball   An Acquired Taste   Learning to Love the Bomb   No, Really, I Mean It   More Reasons Why I Don’t Want a Lover   Up in Lights   Handcuffed Together   Love and the Challenger Disaster   Unlimited Sex Only $19.95 (Plus Shipping and Handling)","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018444210519,"sku":"9780789005731","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780789005731.jpg?v=1750776909","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rarely-pure-and-never-simple-selected-essays-of-scott-ohara-haworth-gay-lesbian-studies-9780789005731","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}