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Erotic by Nature: A Celebration of Life, of Love, and of Our Wonderful Bodies

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In the fourth paragraph of his introduction, David Steinberg writes, "In truth, for all its preoccupation with sex, our culture still adamantly refuses to address sexual eros with the simple wonder, open curiosity, and profound respect it deserves. And so we have no complex, imaginative and affirmative culture - written or visual - that is deliberately, honestly and sexually erotic."

It is this writer's opinion that Mr. Steinberg has labored with considerable brilliance and devotion on our behalf to begin building a healthier sexual culture. He has collected for us an affirmative, rich and sexually diverse body of work which is characterized by his warmth and humor, and by his sensitivity and generosity of spirit. If your interest is pornography, this book is not for you.

There are some 200 pages here of stories, poems, drawings and photographs celebrating the sexual diversity of humankind. And how magically well Steinberg has chosen on our behalf.

Would you enjoy an artistic cocktail that is sexy, often deeply erotic, touching, sympathetic beautiful, literate, poetic, fun and arousing? I have enjoyed every moment I've spent with this fine collection, and each time I pick it up, I find another delicious little lagniappe.

David Steinberg, this is a wonderful book for those who would get to know eros a little better and nurture him in their own lives.

Erotic by Nature is an exquisite book filled with some of the most compelling photographs, poems and erotic writing I have ever had the pleasure of viewing and reading.
I was so touched by this book after I first saw it that I have since gifted both my children and children of my friends as a "rite of passage" book for graduation and reaching adulthood.
This book should be required reading in college human sexuality classes.
Every coffee table in America should display this book as a way of promoting a sex positive attitude and allowing people to celebrate their own bodies as well as learning to appreciate the beauty of human sexuality and the art of diversity and acceptance on the purest level.
David Steinberg is a jewel on the crown of a society that is in dire need of being re-educated about what it means to embrace our God given gift of being sexual human beings and accepting who we really are without shame or fear of being "erotic by nature".
Thank you Mr. Steinberg for being one of the brave ones and helping us all celebrate life, love and our wonderful bodies, with pleasure.

I cannot sing the praises of this book too highly. David Steinberg moves fearlessly from the paradigm of pornos (Greek for whore) to Eros (the god of love) -- as a principled feminist who honors the goodness of lust between different and same genders. The photographs are unbearably sexy (BEAR IT!) as is the the poetry and the prose. Erotic by Nature is a gift to a culture stranded between the puritanical and the pornografic.
ENJOY and buy one for lovers,friends and family.
They will be most grateful.

This beautiful book collects photos, a few drawings, short stories, and poetry in praise of the human body and its sexual potential. Photos present men and women in many ways, from simple and elegant figure studies to the most intimate pictures of couples coupled. You should be comfortable with genital details, especially couples' together, to enjoy some of the B&W art here, but these loving, respectful images are easy to enjoy.

Short stories describe interludes of several sorts, and maintain the torrid and affectionate tone of the book. There's more poetry than prose, but I don't have the ear that would bring it to life. Whatever the poetry's merit, the stories and imagery make this a worthwhile addition to any collection of happy and gentle erotica.

-- wiredweird

Features some beautiful, honest, and erotic photos with "real" people, some evoking Mapplethorpe. Great book to have in any sex-art collection.

David Steinberg has put together one of the most beautiful books I have seen in a long long time. The diversity, beauty, uniquiness in each of us. I have enjoyed my copy of this book since 1992 each time seeing and feeling it a little differently. Thanks David.