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Listen to Our Author's Podcasts Running the Week of 7/21:

 

 

» Darin Strauss discusses his new book, More Than It Hurts You.

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Posted by Penguin Group USA on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 9:47am. in
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Wed, 07/23/2008

Hustling by Evan Wright:

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In the mid-1990's when I was an editor at Hustler magazine I served as guide to David Foster Wallace for an article he wrote about the porn industry. (Wallace's article was originally published in Premier magazine under the title "Neither Adult nor Entertainment." It was reprinted in somewhat different form in his essay collection Consider the Lobster, with the title "Big Red Son.") It was Wallace who inadvertantly taught me a new way to write notes when researching a story.

My meeting with Wallace was set up by Glenn Kenny, an editor at Premier (now with a website t/k), who wanted me to help show Wallace around the porn industry's annual convention and awards show in Las Vegas. My main job at Hustler where I served as Entertainment Editor was to cover the porn industry and review XXX-videos. Because of my lofty position--Hustler's "Fully Erect" film rating, which I had the power to bestow, was one of most sought after ratings in the raunch-film industry--I knew all the players and sketchy characters (of whom I was one) in the business.

But when Kenny originally called to ask me to help out with Wallace I was deeply annoyed. I had hoped someone from a mainstream publication would ask me to write this article. Wallace was at the height of his fame, the recent recipient of a MacArthur "genius" Award, featured in Time magazine as the great new hope for American letters. Why did this guy need my help? I was the one trapped in the porn ghetto hoping desperately to escape it.

Posted by Penguin Group USA on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 9:04am. in
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Wed, 07/23/2008

Penguin Imprint Focus: Day Four, by Nichole Morford:

As we round down the final few posts for our Penguin Imprint Feature, we're going to step aside and allow Nichole Morford to post about life at DK. She's going to be guest blogging for the next few entries, and will reveal what being a DK Editor actually entails.

 

Every DK book holds a promise of some kind-of instruction, of entertainment, of resourceful information. The best possess all of these attributes, and such is the case with one of our lead Fall titles, Real Sex for Real Women. Publishing in November, this book makes good on its title's promise in a revolutionary way.

Dr. Laura Berman is one of the world's leading experts on women's sexuality and relationships. Her secret is that she truly understands the way women think. Real Sex for Real Women is both a celebration of what it means to be female and a guide to how to renew your self-esteem, relationship, and sex life. Her main message: if you value yourself, you will value your relationship-and if you value your relationship, you have to devote time and energy to your sex life. Her advice on how to do this is practicable for women who are working, who are mothers, who have a million things on their plate. It is not "glamorized" like so many relationships guides-all of which makes it much, much sexier. This is a book that is aspirational in the best possible sense, because it is also achievable!

Look for Real Sex in late fall, and get ready for your sex life to be transformed. In the meantime, get a taste of Dr. Berman's advice by visiting her website (www.drlauraberman.com), or by tuning into The Today Show to see her bi-monthly segments on relationships. Listen, learn, and watch your relationship get hotter by the second, whether you're in year 25 of a marriage or day 25 of a summer fling.

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Posted by Penguin Group USA on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 8:19am. in
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