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Voices In Time

c. 1440 BC | Sinai

Thou Shalt Not

Biblical sexual ethics.More

Voices In Time

c. 950 BC | Jerusalem

Treasure on Earth

The joints of thy thighs are like jewels.More

Voices In Time

c. 210 | Carthage

The Flesh Is Weak

Follow the spirit, advises Tertullian.More

Voices In Time

c. 1250 | Konya

Not Like This Before

Like this. More

Voices In Time

1869 | Galicia

On Your Knees

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch does what he’s told. More

Voices In Time

c. 1861 | Amherst, MA

Rowing in Eden

Wild nights.More

Voices In Time

1856 | Brooklyn

I Dare Not Withdraw

Walt Whitman’s amorous side. More

Voices In Time

1928 | Paris

Defying Modesty

The sexual adventures of young Georges Bataille. More

Voices In Time

1818 | London

Sharing the Apple

John Keats asks for a bite.More

Voices In Time

1998 | New York City

Give and Get

Carrie Bradshaw goes downtown. More

Voices In Time

1935 | Watts

Deciding to Wait

Charles Mingus takes it slow. More

Voices In Time

1595 | Verona

Sweet Sorrow

Romeo and Juliet on the balcony.More

Voices In Time

1694 | London

Sweet Regret

I should long to be fifteen.More

Voices In Time

1929 | Kent

To Harold Nicolson

Vita Sackville-West at a loss for words.More

Voices In Time

c. 1670 | Oxfordshire

Arriving Prematurely

“Is there then no more?”More

Voices In Time

c. 378 BC | Athens

Plato’s Other Half

“And now ‘love’ is the name for our pursuit of wholeness.”More

Voices In Time

c. 800 | India

Topography

A story told on the bed sheets.More

Voices In Time

1684 | London

Failing to Rise to the Occasion

Damned to the hell of impotence.More

Voices In Time

1745 | Philadelphia

In Praise of Older Women

Benjamin Franklin likes his ladies mature. More

Voices In Time

c. 1365 | Shiraz

The Mead of Heaven

Hafez enjoys the pleasure of wine.More

Voices In Time

23 BC | Rome

Winter Moon

Horace’s ode to an aging woman.More

Voices In Time

1948 | Bloomington

Human Animals

Alfred Kinsey switches positions. More

Voices In Time

1927 | Milan

To Virginia Woolf

Vita Sackville-West sends one out to the one she loves.More

Voices In Time

1914 | St. Petersburg

A Candle in the Sun

“Tell me how men kiss you, tell me how you kiss.”More

Voices In Time

1976 | Paris

The Actual State of Sex

A reality check from Michel Foucault.More

Voices In Time

1528 | London

Royal Ardor

Henry VIII sends a love letter. More

Voices In Time

c. 1919 | Paris

The Bread of Angels

Edith Wharton gets comfortable. More

Voices In Time

c. 397 | Hippo

The Brambles of Lust

St. Augustine flounders in a broiling sea of fornication.More

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