Sexy Between the Covers

Rupert Smith expounds more on his life writing erotica for the L.A. Times, in which he waxes about how erotica has found a home online, but still cannot be visible in more traditional outlets:

Bookstores and supermarkets are happy to stock titles in which children are abused, women victimized and men brutalized, but if you look for books in which consenting adults enjoy each other for the sexual entertainment of readers, you’ll be lucky if you find a few dog-eared copies hidden away at the back, near the bathroom. Erotic books don’t get reviewed, and you won’t be seeing their authors on “Oprah” any time soon.

It is true, and interesting that a movie with lots of sex gets shunned but bloody gore gets greenlighted several times a year.