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Men in Bed Anthology

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About

This groundbreaking anthology, edited by Stacy Bierlein, Kat Meads and controversial fiction writer Cris Mazza, notorious for her candid explorations of sexuality, will investigate the sexual experiences and identities of male characters as envisioned by female writers. Throughout history, male writers from D.H. Lawrence to Phillip Roth have defined sex in literature, including female sexuality. Rare examples of women writers’ sexual explorations were either suppressed or treated as trivial. While women writers in a post-Erica-Jong era have claimed the female sexual experience for themselves, those attempting to explore sex from a male character’s point of view are still often challenged for their so-called lack of credibility, or for trying to push a feminist agenda. Of course, great works of literature involve writers stepping far outside their own experiences—gender, age, social class, race, nation—to approach a wider envisioning and understanding of the world. In Men in Bed, today’s prominent women writers, alongside emerging talent, explore the provocative and historically pertinent sphere of writing sex through the male lens, thereby reaching a greater understanding not only of human sexuality but of literary tradition and the power of the creative imagination.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print PublicationOne-time publication.

Fiction Closed

Audience:
Unknown
Genres:
General General
Styles:
Literary.
Topics:
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Types/Lengths:
TypeLength Details
Flash Fiction Flash FictionUp to 1,000 words.
Short Story Short Story1,000 - 7,500 words.
Novelette Novelette7,500 - 10,000 words.
Payscale:
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Dzanc Books
Dzanc Books Diverse Voices Prize DNQ
Dzanc Books Non-Fiction Prize DNQ Charges fees for all submissions
Dzanc Books Novel Contest for Mid-Career Writers ON HIATUS Charges fees for all submissions
The Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction Charges fees for all submissions
Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize Charges fees for all submissions
The Dzanc Poetry Collection Competition DNQ Charges fees for all submissions

Dates

Last Updated: 24 Apr 2018
Date Added: 11 Jan 2010

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