Getting It On by Soho Pr Inc - 1999-04-01

Soho Pr Inc, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A highly collectible first edition/printing, a tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper, no inscriptions or markings, not price clipped an ex-library or a book of the month club edition; Life has its private moments, but art knows no boundaries. Writers such as Martin Amis, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Michael Benedikt, Kim Ad donizio, Michelle Chalfoun, Armistead Maupin, John Irving, Anne Rice, and E lizabeth Benedict, all of whom contribute to this collection, have describe d in story, novel, or poem the sometimes funny, sometimes touching, sometim es pathetic moments that confront their characters when dealing with this a rtifact of contemporary civilization, the condom. Male and female, young and old, straight and gay--their characters reflect the changes in concepts of intimacy, contact, contagion, and death as they are connected with the act of making love. They are some of the most vital subjects confronting our society… Read More

New York: SoHo Press, Inc., 1999. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Charles Rue Woods (Cover Design). 240 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Stain on top and fore edges. Slightly creased front cover and spine. Synopsis: Life has its private moments, but art knows no boundaries. Writers such as Martin Amis, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Michael Benedikt, Kim Ad donizio, Michelle Chalfoun, Armistead Maupin, John Irving, Anne Rice, and E lizabeth Benedict, all of whom contribute to this collection, have describe d in story, novel, or poem the sometimes funny, sometimes touching, sometim es pathetic moments that confront their characters when dealing with this a rtifact of contemporary civilization, the condom. Male and female, young and old, straight and gay--their characters reflect the changes in concepts of intimacy, contact, contagion, and death as they are connected with the act… Read More