The Most Controversial Erotic Novels

October 11, 2013 Subscribe · Forward 7 Most Controversial Erotic Novels We writers like to moan about how difficult the writing life is: the uncertain and sporadic income, the faltering market, the isolation, the impossible odds. And yet, it's probably safe to say that very few of us - at least here in the Western world -- have faced the kind of adversity that the following writers endured in their day, when their work was banned and burned and confiscated and altered beyond recognition and literally put on trial for its life - and when the writers themselves (and their publishers, and even the shopkeepers who dared to sell their books) faced criminal charges.  Continue reading... Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize For Literature Daniel Radcliffe Doubts He'll Return For 'Harry Potter' Spinoff IMAGES: Awesome Art From New Wes Anderson Book 13 Past Nobel Literature Winners You Must Read 14 Inspirational Quotes That Will Make Your Day Better 10 Famous Authors Who Are Also Actually Decent Human Beings 7 Most Controversial Erotic Novels What Your Favorite 'Babysitters Club' Member Says About You NSFW: 9 Smutty Sign Language Phrases 10 Famous Authors Who Are Also Actually Decent Human Beings How To Become A Better Reader DANIEL PENA On Teaching the Work of Alice Munro Alice Munro's writing, like all great writing, teaches us to be human. It engages big questions in small spaces: What does it mean to be regional? What does it mean to be Canadian? What does it mean to be a mother? What does it mean to be betrayed? Continue reading... MARTY KAPLAN Textism: Is Spelling Over? What about today's texting toddlers who grow up thinking that lol is a word? Are we raising a generation of illiterates whose fuzzy spelling is the precursor of fuzzy thinking? Continue reading... JESSE KORNBLUTH Reading Alice Munro: There Are 15 Books. Start With 'Dear Life' The lives of little people. We see them on the street, and, if we are curious, we wonder about their lives. Alice Munro does our homework for us -- she inhabits those lives. Her judgments are sure. And tough. And also... human. Continue reading... ELAINE WEISS Ravitch's Reign vs. Rhee's Radical: Fact vs. Fiction The biggest difference between education scholar Diane Ravitch's new book, Reign of Error, and former DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee's book, Radical, is that the first is based on extensive facts, the second heavily on fiction. Continue reading... B.J. EPSTEIN A Short Story: What Alice Munro's Nobel Prize Means Alice Munro is only the 13th woman out of 110 Nobel Prize-winners. That's right - not even 12% of the winners of what is arguably the world's most prestigious literary award are female. This is rather strange, given that approximately 51% of the world's population is female. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003