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Obsessions & Fantasies: From the Marquis de Sade to Fifty Shades of Grey

At what point does a taste for the erotic go from acceptable to perverse? Learn about the impact of the notorious Marquis de Sade on contemporary culture and literature, as well as the current fascination with erotica and kinky sex.

Talk featuring Toni Bentley, author of The Surrender: An Erotic Memoir, Daniel Bergner, author of What Do Women Want?, and Caroline Weber, writer and professor at Barnard College. Moderated by Sadie Stein, contributing editor and daily correspondent at The Paris Review.

Talk will be followed by a book signing.

Part of The Art of Sex & Seduction series this fall at FIAF
Curated by journalist & writer Erica Lumière











When: Wed., Oct. 22, 2014 at 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Where: Florence Gould Hall
55 E. 59th St.
212-355-6160
Price: $25 Non-Members; $20 FIAF Members
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At what point does a taste for the erotic go from acceptable to perverse? Learn about the impact of the notorious Marquis de Sade on contemporary culture and literature, as well as the current fascination with erotica and kinky sex.

Talk featuring Toni Bentley, author of The Surrender: An Erotic Memoir, Daniel Bergner, author of What Do Women Want?, and Caroline Weber, writer and professor at Barnard College. Moderated by Sadie Stein, contributing editor and daily correspondent at The Paris Review.

Talk will be followed by a book signing.

Part of The Art of Sex & Seduction series this fall at FIAF
Curated by journalist & writer Erica Lumière

Buy tickets/get more info now