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Sex and Nature Call for submissions: Two of our favorite topics. And oh, the exciting, funny, serious, revealing ways they can come together. Thus a new book exploring nature, sexuality, and the interplay between the two. We’d like to hear from: Nature writers who'd like a venue for their more erotic essays. Erotica writers who feel a bond to the natural world. Writers who have a poem, essay, or short story about any of the myriad of ways sex and nature can come together. We're
interested in works that go beyond a sexual encounter outside rather,
we'd like to hear about the ways in which passion for the natural world
fuels passion for human bodies, and vice versa; the ways in which being
outdoors can make us feel vulnerable, powerful, or downright sexy; how
nature can be sensual, confusing, exhilarating, much like love; humorous
"events" in the wilderness (as in, what nature adds to the already sometimes
strange sex act); a rendezvous that went awry; introspective thoughts
on the entire spectrum of sexuality; ways in which nature might help
define sexuality; and so on. So spend your summer researching and writing about these two wonderful topics and where and how they converge. About the editors: Laura Pritchett is the editor of three other anthologies: Home Land: Writings for a West that Works (2007); The Pulse of the River: Colorado Writers Speak for the Endangered Cache la Poudre (2006); and The Gleaners: Eco-Essays on Re-cycling, Re-Use, and Living Lightly on the Land (forthcoming). She is also the author of two works of fiction -- a novel, Sky Bridge, and a collection of short stories, Hell's Bottom, Colorado. Pritchett's work has also appeared in numerous magazines, including The Sun, Orion, High Country News, and 5280. She holds a Ph.D. in Literature from Purdue University and often teaches writing workshops (including classes about the importance of including sex [it happens!] in our writing). She lives in northern Colorado, near the small cattle ranch where she was raised. More at www.laurapritchett.com Laura Katers is a freelance photographer and a contributing editor for Matter Journal. She is also the outdoor recreation coordinator for the city where she dwells, and spent part of the last two years teaching environmental education in the southern hemisphere. She holds an MS in Physiology from Colorado State University. Previous work has appeared in More Sand in My Bra: Funny Women Write from the Road (2007), The Gleaners: Eco-Essays on Re-cycling, Re-Use, and Living Lightly on the Land and Weird Sisters West, where she was also a contributing editor. |