Kink Lit: A Conversation with R. O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell

Subscribe on Podcasts | Spotify | SoundCloud | In a special LARB Book Club edition of the Radio Hour, Eric Newman and Boris Dralyuk sit down with R. O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, co-editors of Kink, a new anthology that aims to push the boundaries of traditional literary representations of love, desire, and sexual behavior. Kink […] The post Kink Lit: A Conversation with R. O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'

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