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On a Bed of Rice

This book displays the rich diversity of erotic literature written by Americans of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, East Indian, Pakistani, and Amerasian descent. Features stories, essays, and poems by such writers as Frank Chin, Garrett Hongo, Joy Kogawa, Bharati Mukherjee, others, capturing erotic viewpoints on such themes as sexual awakening, identity and exploration, marital betrayal, and interracial love. Written in styles ranging from the lyrical to the lascivious, and from the provocative to the explicit. B&W photos.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 528 pages

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