文档介绍：SEX
FOR
AMERICA
Politically Inspired Erotica
Edited by Stephen Elliott
CONTENTS
I NTRO D U C TI O N V
Jerry Stahl Li’l Dickens 1
Michelle Tea Music from Earth 11
Mistress Morgana An Open Letter to the Bush
Administration 25
Avital Gad-Cykman Tamar’s Prayers 31
Anthony Swofford Escape and Evasion 39
Jami Attenberg Victory Garden 65
Lydia Millet Desert Shield 77
Daphne Gottlieb Undone 91
Jonathan Ames Womb Shelter 99
Eric Orner Fear and Loathing in Chelsea 107
Alison Tyler Measure A, B, or Me? 121
James Frey The Candidate’s Wife 131
Charlie Anders Transfixed, Helpless, and Out of Control:
Election Night 2004 145
Nick Flynn A Crystal Formed Entirely of Holes 157
Rick Moody Notes on Redevelopment 167
Tsaurah Litzky Purple Tulip 177
Michelle Richmond Milk 193
Stephen Elliott Social Contract 199
Keith Knight War-gy and Energy Policy 207
Vanessa Norton Dirty Heaven 211
Liz Henry Capitol Punishment 229
Peter Orner The Last Socialist 237
Susan O’Doherty My Most Memorable Encounter 243
Steve Almond The True Republic 255
C ON T R I B U T OR S 265
About the Editor
Also By Stephen Elliott
Credits
Cover
Copyright
About the Publisher
IV CON T EN T S
INTRODUCTION
The war on sex begins, most likely, with a blow job in the Oval
Office. Monica’s stained dress. The right’s squealish protest, it’s
not about a blow job, it’s about lying under oath. Ken Starr’s deci-
sion to release the report, a giant mass of political porn uploaded
and downloaded to the World Wide Web.
It’s been seven years since the e W. Bush administra-
tion moved into the White House following a disputed election
decided by the Supreme Court. e W. Bush would win two
elections as the anti-sex candidate. He would fulfill his prom-
ise—lobbying for a constitutional ban on gay marriage, funding
abstinence education across America, keeping condoms out of the
classroom, packing the courts in prepa