""The Sex Diaries Project" is the ultimate snoop fest: a peephole with pages. Because we all want to know if they're doing it the same way we are."
--Laura Zigman, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Animal Husbandry" and coauthor of "Get Over Yourself!"
"If it weren't for sex, you wouldn't be here. "The Sex Diaries Project" opens the door to priceless real-life tips, tricks, and experiences. I promise that you're not the only one?who hasn't had sex in five months, is obsessed with someone, or has a fetish. You'll laugh out loud and see the lighter side of your sexy self--it's liberating."?
--Steve Santagati, author of the "New York Times" bestselling "The Manual"
A tantalizing tour through the private lives of ordinary people
"The Sex Diaries Project" turns the lights on to reveal the secrets behind closed bedroom doors, presenting a groundbreaking portrait of relationships in America--including the options beyond single, dating, or married--and a brilliant, witty analysis of how Americans relate. It includes sex diaries of straight, gay, bi, single, married, young, and older diarists, published here for the first time.
"As a gay man who is married to a wonderful husband, I found this book completely fascinating. "The Sex Diaries Project" presents the diverse spectrum of sexuality in America today in a nonjudgmental and brilliantly insightful manner."
--Ryan Nickulas, "The A-List: New York"
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Place of publication
Publishing group
Turner Publishing Company
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
ISBN-13
978-1-118-15725-1 (9781118157251)
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ARIANNE COHEN collects sex diaries from all over the globe and partners with publishers, producers, and museums to share them with the world. Her work appears regularly in publications such as the "New York Times," the "Guardian," "Elle," and "Marie Claire," among many others, and she is executive producing a reality TV series based on the project. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. Cohen invites you to keep your own anonymous diary at www.sexdiariesproject.com.
Introduction: A Few Tantalizing Words from Your Sex Diaries Editor 1 Part One Solo 1 Dalliancing: I'm Enjoying Myself 11 2 Soloing: I Am My Own Soul Mate 39 Part Two Partnered A Brief Intermission: Your Editor's Sex Diaries Epiphany 57 3 Dating: It's Simple: I Like You, You Like Me 67 4 Committing: Together, Forever 97 5 Recommitting: Round Two 139 6 Ending: Dissonance, Breakups, Death and Other Mishaps 159 Part Three Poly 7 Cheating: On Paper I'm Monogamous, in Practice ... 207 8 Flourishing: The More, The Merrier 235 Appendix: What Kind of Relationship Is It?: A Cheat Sheet 275 The Sex Diarists 277 Notes 285 Acknowledgments 287 Index 289
