Tristan Taormino's True Lust: Adventures in Sex, Porn, and Perversion [Paperback]

Tristan Taormino (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 25, 2002

Tristan Taormino has dished out sex advice to Howard Stern, Dick Clark, and the Playboy Advisor. Now the best-selling author of The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women collects 70 hand-picked reports on everything from lap dancing to group masturbation to lesbian pornography. In these essays, Taormino combines explicit passions with an outspoken sexual candor that shocks and amuses readers. Taormino, an award-winning adult film star, is the author of “Pucker Up,” a column that appears weekly in The Village Voice.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Cleis Press (September 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573441570
• ISBN-13: 978-1573441575
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,481,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tristan Taormino is an award-winning author, columnist, editor, and educator. She is the author of four books and editor of eighteen anthologies, including the Lambda Literary Award-winning series Best Lesbian Erotica. Her popular Village Voice column 'Pucker Up' is nationally syndicated. Tristan has been featured in over 250 publications including The New York Times, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Entertainment Weekly, Details, New York Magazine, and Men's Health. She has appeared on The Howard Stern Show, Loveline, Ricki Lake, and on HBO, CNN, MTV, and The Discovery Channel. She lectures at top colleges and universities and teaches workshops around the world.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "My name is Tristan with a T"., January 31, 2005

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girldiver "Enjoy!" (tangled up in blue.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tristan Taormino's True Lust: Adventures in Sex, Porn, and Perversion (Paperback)

What's it like to be Tristan Taormino? Read `True Lust' and you'll have a better perspective of who she is and what it's like to be a Perky Sex Diva for an entire generation. All the essays and commentary are relatively short but each one tells a story of sexual growth and exploration. Topics range from getting a lap dance to group sex. She even talks about transgender and what it's like to be a bisexual woman.

Yes, the book is provocative but encompasses an honesty that communicates the importance of exploring ones own sexual identity as caring adults and yes acting responsibly. With in `True Lust' you'll laugh, you'll be aroused, and also find yourself mindful of an alternative culture of women and men. Written very well I enjoyed the upbeat and thoughtful views depicted in this book.

Of course, this isn't a book for everyone. You do need to possess a little curiosity, a little open mindedness to accept that there are others in the world who like things that are extremely spicy in bed, out of bed, and lifesyle in general.

This book certainly does hold many adventures in sex, porn, and possibly perversion.

girldiver:)

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection of steamy essays, December 14, 2003

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This review is from: Tristan Taormino's True Lust: Adventures in Sex, Porn, and Perversion (Paperback)

This is a great read, and I wholeheartedly recommend it.
It packs 69 smart & sexy essays all in one book.

The book is a compilation of several of the author's columns in the Village Voice as well as some new original pieces written just for this book. All in all it takes you on a groovy ride in and around Taormino's adventures in the world of sex, kink, and queerness.
I like to pick the book up, re-read my old favorites and then flip on to some new ones.

The highlights of this compilation are:

1 - they are each only 2-3 pages, making them quick and easy to read for the fan on the go.

2 - the book is neatly organized and grouped by theme. Again handy for
the fan on the run as you can quikly find something to quench your particular thirst.

3 - and finally, I love the authors actual writing style. They are upbeat, moving, and fun. Just like I'd like to imagine my sex life!

Can't recommend Tristan Taormino's TRUE LUST enough... Pick one up today and you'll understand what I'm talking about.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How could you not love it?, July 1, 2003

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"supah_fine" (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tristan Taormino's True Lust: Adventures in Sex, Porn, and Perversion (Paperback)

I thought this book was great. I also thought that this book was organized and written in a smart and thoughtful way.

I feel that her writing style was both smooth and captivating.
I think the tone of the author changed from adventure to adventure or topic to topic, which also made it feel more complete. There are more intellectual topics, there are funny topics, and there are sexy topics - all covered in an easy to read and engaging manner.
I seriously think that this is the type of writing that the new millenium needs.

To describe this book in any shorter terms would be selling it too short.

Feel free to email me personally if you want more advice!