Article: Paperbacks; The birds & the beach: Sex and the summer reader Books include a collection of erotic writing, a gay memoir and a look at fantasy's role.(ENTERTAINMENT)(Review) (book review)

It seems sort of incongruous to be writing about books about sex to take to the beach because that would take time away from people-watching. These books, however, might be worth the missing of a few sights. They're certainly designed to raise the temperature whether the sun is out or not, and no sunscreen is required.

Too Darn Hot: Writing About Sex Since Kinsey (Persea Books, $15), celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Kinsey Report: "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male." The editors, Judy Broomfield, Mary McGrail and Lauren Sanders, have collected 47 examples of erotic writing: poetry, short stories, memoirs, advice columns, essays and ...

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