The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel

Jiraiya (児雷也, born April 28, 1967) is a pseudonymous[1] Japanese gay manga artist and illustrator. He is noted for his homoerotic, hyperreal drawings of gachimuchi (ガチムチ, “muscle-curvy” or “muscle-chubby”) men, and for his use of digital illustration in his artwork. Jiraiya was born in 1967[2] to a working class family in Sapporo, Japan.[3] In the […]

Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (/bəˈtaɪ/; French: [ʒɔʁʒ batɑj]; 10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French intellectual and literary figure working in literature, philosophy, anthropology, economics, sociology and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as erotism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential […]

Emily Hope Morse (born June 2, 1970)[1] is an American sex therapist, author, and media personality. She is the host of the long-running podcast, Sex with Emily and is also known for her 2012 recurring reality television appearance in Bravo’s series Miss Advised (2012).[2][3] Morse has appeared as a guest expert on many radio and […]

Pierre-Joseph Bernard (26 August 1708 – 1 November 1775), called Gentil-Bernard by Voltaire for the measured grace of his discreetly erotic verses, was a French military man and salon poet with the reputation of a rake, the author of several libretti for Rameau. Mme de Pompadour arranged to have him appointed a royal librarian, at […]

Mary Anne Amirthi Mohanraj (born July 26, 1971) is an American writer, editor, and academic of Sri Lankan birth. Mohanraj was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka but moved to the United States at the age of two and grew up in New Britain, Connecticut.[1] Read:  Guardians Boxset (Books 1-3)