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A Part of the Heart Can't Be Eaten: A Memoir
A Part of the Heart Can't Be Eaten: A Memoir
By
Tristan Taormino
Tristan Taormino

Tristan Taormino is a writer, speaker, sex educator, and host of the podcast Sex Out Loud. A former syndicated columnist for The Village Voice, she is the author of numerous books, including Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships, Down and Dirty Sex Secrets, and The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women. She is the founding editor of the annual Best Lesbian Erotica anthologies, editor of The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play, and the Erotic Edge, and coeditor of The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure. Taormino has won four Lambda Literary Awards and eight Feminist Porn Awards, among other awards. She lives in Los Angeles.

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Duke University Press
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478027218
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This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-1-4780-2721-8
Publication date:
2023
Book Chapter

The Shower

Doi:
https://doi.org/10.1215/9781478027218-014
  • Published:
    September 2023

Tristan spends the weekend with Ethan, his friend, and her friend Sadie, whom she grows closer to. Tristan tells Ethan and Sadie that her father is gay.

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