Sex scenes in movies can be vital to telling the full story

When Philip Roth died in May, a publisher friend of mine admitted, a little sheepishly, that she was sad because from now on it would be impossible to publish books like his again. Continue reading at 'Stuff'

[ Stuff | 2018-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]

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