The Oy of Sex: Jewish Women Write Erotica

By Marcy Sheiner

Book Overview

From Erotique Noire to On a Bed of Rice and Pleasure in the Word, ethnically themed collections are becoming more and more popular among readers of erotica. The Oy of Sex represents the first... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573440833
• ISBN13: 9781573440837
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Cleis Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

I loved it!

"The Oy of Sex" is a collection of erotica by Jewish women (except for Carol Queen, the token shiksa). The stories celebrate Jewish female sexuality, lament body image issues, and have Yiddush phrases and references to Jewish customs liberally sprinkled throughout (don't worry--there's a glossary at the back). It's the only erotica anthology I've seen with personal ads (from Israel) that had me bursting out laughing. Some of the stories are not overtly sexy: one of my favorites, Leslea Newman's "The Babka Sisters," features an elderly woman in a nursing home who narrates the tale of falling in love as a teenager, losing the one she loves, and then finding her again as a 50-something widow. It it not necessarily sexy, but it is a beautifully bittersweet story. And that is the Jewish condition: with joy sometimes comes sorrow and vice versa. It is why the bitter herbs are dipped in charoset on Passover.

Oy! Oh my!

Move over Susie Bright because this collection is awesome! You don't have to be Jewish to appreciate the great variety of well-written erotica in this book. I'm not; although I've studied Judaism. This shiksa enjoyed the book tremendously and as the other reviewer stated this collection is worth sharing! My only disappointment was later not finding any books in print authored by one of the contributors to this collection, Susanna Herbert. I loved her style.

not only for the girls

buy this book to your man. this advice is for you lady. take a look in his eyes later. Can you tell the diffrent ? sure you can.