Kink

A New York Times Notable Book

Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander Chee, Roxane Gay, Carmen Maria Machado, and more.

A Most-Anticipated book of 2021 as selected by * Marie Claire * O, The Oprah Magazine * Cosmopolitan * Time * The Millions * The Advocate * Autostraddle * Refinery29 * Shape * Town & Country * Book Riot * Literary Hub *

Kink is a dynamic anthology of literary fiction that opens an imaginative door into the world of desire. The stories within this collection portray love, desire, BDSM, and sexual kinks in all their glory with a bold new vision. The collection includes works by renowned fiction writers such as Callum Angus, Alexander Chee, Vanessa Clark, Melissa Febos, Kim Fu, Roxane Gay, Cara Hoffman, Zeyn Joukhadar, Chris Kraus, Carmen Maria Machado, Peter Mountford, Larissa Pham, and Brandon Taylor, with Garth Greenwell and R.O. Kwon as editors.

The stories within explore bondage, power-play, and submissive-dominant relationships; we are taken to private estates, therapists’ offices, underground sex clubs, and even a sex theater in early-20th century Paris. While there are whips and chains, sure, the true power of these stories lies in their beautiful, moving dispatches from across the sexual spectrum of interest and desires, as portrayed by some of today’s most exciting writers.

Contributors include:

-Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, The Queen of the Night, and Edinburgh
-Carmen Maria Machado, author of In The Dream House, and Her Body and Other Parties
-Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist, Difficult Women, Hunger, Not that Bad, and An Untamed State
-Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick, Summer of Hate and Aliens & Anorexia
-Brandon Taylor, author of Real Life
-Melissa Febos, author of Abandon Me, and Whip Smart
-Callum Angus, author of “The Moonsail,” “Rock Jenny,” “In Kind,” and “Skunk Cabbage”
-Vanessa Clark, author of The Man on Top of the World
-Kim Fu, author of The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore, and For Today I am a Boy
-Larissa Pham, author of Fantasian, and Pop Song
-Cara Hoffman, author of So Much Pretty, Be Safe, I Love You, and Running
-Peter Mountford, author of A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism, and The Dismal Science
-Zeyn Joukhadar, author of The Map of Salt and Stars and The Thirty Names of Night


And more to be announced!