Nicholson Baker

We have a lot of interesting observations on writing sex scenes. No prude is Baker

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INTERVIEWER

Can we talk a little about the perils of sex writing?

BAKER

Yes. There aren’t any.

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John Ashbery

"I am assuming that from the moment life cannot be one continual orgasm, real happiness is impossible ..."

-- John Ashbery at The Paris Review

He goes on to discuss how we try to make do with other pleasures and the pursuit of art.