Alex and Ellie take a tour through the history of erotica from cave paintings and the first recorded myths and religious texts, to the Sexual Revolution and a certain famous and infamous global bestseller, interview erotica author Logan Black on the ins and outs of the craft, and tackle the tricky topic of how and when people discover written smut. And just for good measure, we take a brief tour through book porn behind the aggressively prudish Iron Curtain and look at the graphic, visceral work of Eduard Topol.
Resources and further reading…
– Logan Black Twitter/X
– Prehistoric Cave Art Shows “Erotic Imagery”
– How Cuneiform Was Created And Translated
– Translating Ancient Languages With Computers And AI
– Fanny Hill: The First Erotic Novel As We Know It
– The History Of Henry Miller’s Tropic Of Cancer
– Global Research On The Benefits Of Comprehensive Sex Ed
episode 06: i saw, i read, i came