{"product_id":"sex-with-shakespeare-paperback","title":"Sex with Shakespeare - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJillian Keenan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA provocative, moving, kinky, and often absurdly funny memoir about Shakespeare, love, obsession, and spanking\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen it came to understanding love, a teenage Jillian Keenan had nothing to guide her--until a production of \u003cem\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/em\u003e sent Shakespeare's language flowing through her blood for the first time. In \u003cem\u003eSex with Shakespeare, \u003c\/em\u003eshe tells the story of how the Bard's plays helped her embrace her unusual sexual identity and find a love story of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour hundred years after Shakespeare's death, Keenan's smart and passionate memoir brings new life to his work. With fourteen of his plays as a springboard, she explores the many facets of love and sexuality--from desire and communication to fetish and fantasy. In \u003cem\u003eA Midsummer Night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e's Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, Keenan unmasks Helena as a sexual masochist--like Jillian herself. In \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e, she examines criminalized sexual identities and the dark side of \"privacy.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew\u003c\/em\u003e goes inside the secret world of bondage, domination, and sadomasochism, while \u003cem\u003eKing Lear \u003c\/em\u003eexposes the ill-fated king as a possible sexual predator. Moving through the canon, Keenan makes it abundantly clear that literature is a conversation. In \u003cem\u003eSex with Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e, words are love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Keenan wanders the world in search of connection, from desert dictatorships to urban islands to disputed territories, Shakespeare goes with her --and provokes complex, surprising, and wildly important conversations about sexuality, consent, and the secrets that simmer beneath our surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA smart, provocative, and often absurdly funny memoir about Shakespeare, obsession, and kink\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove. It's timeless, sublime, tricky, sometimes painful, and hard to understand--just like a certain English playwright we all know. In \u003cem\u003eSex with Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e, Jillian Keenan tells the story of how the Bard's plays helped her embrace her unusual sexual identity and find a love story of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour hundred years after Shakespeare's death, Keenan's smart and passionate memoir brings new life to his work. With fourteen of his plays as a spring-board, the book explores the many facets of love and sexuality--from desire and communication to fetish and fantasy. In \u003cem\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, Keenan unmasks Helena as a sexual masochist--like Jillian herself. In \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e, she examines criminalized sexual identities and the dark side of \"privacy.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew\u003c\/em\u003e goes inside the secret world of bondage, domination, and sadomasochism, while \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e exposes the ill-fated king as a possible sexual predator. Moving through the canon, Keenan makes it abundantly clear that literature is a conversation. In \u003cem\u003eSex with Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e, words are love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Keenan wanders the world in search of connection, from desert dictatorships to urban islands to disputed territories, Shakespeare goes with her--and provokes complex, surprising, and wildly important conversations about sexuality, consent, and the secrets that simmer beneath our surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdvance Praise for \u003cem\u003eSex with Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Calling this book brave is an understatement. We often talk about other people's kinks, but rarely does someone open up about their own kinks--and really own their kinks--as fearlessly as Jillian Keenan does in her moving and funny memoir. This book will help people, and this book will entertain people. And Keenan's original takes on Shakespeare are just as fascinating and insightful as her takes on sex, lust, and love. Fans (kinky or not) of Shakespeare will love reading this book, and anyone directing Shakespeare should be required to read it.\"--Dan Savage, columnist, \"Savage Love,\" and author most recently of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Savage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Keenan's intimate conversations with Shakespeare offer new and often startling insights into his plays. They are also deeply moving, and deeply courageous, challenging us to rethink sexuality in fundamental ways.\"--Ania Loomba, Ph.D., Catherine Bryson Professor of English at University of Pennsylvania and author of \u003cem\u003eShakespeare, Race, and Colonialism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Visceral, funny, and perceptive, this startling and very personal take on Shakespeare is genuinely revealing--not only about the author, but even more about the plays. Keenan notices and responds to things that criticism on the whole ignores. An enjoyable and impressive book.\"--Stephen Orgel, Ph.D., Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor in Humanities at Stanford University and author of \u003cem\u003eImagining Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Keenan serves up a smart, sexy cocktail of a memoir that is one part spanking fetish, another part Shakespeare, and goes down like a dirty martini that leaves the reader both shaken and stirred.\"--Ian Kerner, Ph.D., author of \u003cem\u003eShe Comes First\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--The Establishment\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA smart, provocative, and often absurdly funny memoir about Shakespeare, obsession, and kink\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove. It's timeless, sublime, tricky, sometimes painful, and hard to understand--just like a certain English playwright we all know. In \u003cem\u003eSex with Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e, Jillian Keenan tells the story of how the Bard's plays helped her embrace her unusual sexual identity and find a love story of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour hundred years after Shakespeare's death, Keenan's smart and passionate memoir brings new life to his work. With fourteen of his plays as a spring-board, the book explores the many facets of love and sexuality--from desire and communication to fetish and fantasy. In \u003cem\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/em\u003e, Keenan unmasks Helena as a sexual masochist--like Jillian herself. In \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e, she examines criminalized sexual identities and the dark side of \"privacy.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew\u003c\/em\u003e goes inside the secret world of bondage, domination, and sadomasochism, while \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e exposes the ill-fated king as a possible sexual predator. Moving through the canon, Keenan makes it abundantly clear that literature is a conversation. In \u003cem\u003eSex with Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e, words are love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Keenan wanders the world in search of connection, from desert dictatorships to urban islands to disputed territories, Shakespeare goes with her--and provokes complex, surprising, and wildly important conversations about sexuality, consent, and the secrets that simmer beneath our surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdvance Praise for \u003cem\u003eSex with Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Calling this book brave is an understatement. We often talk about other people's kinks, but rarely does someone open up about their own kinks--and really own their kinks--as fearlessly as Jillian Keenan does in her moving and funny memoir. This book will help people, and this book will entertain people. And Keenan's original takes on Shakespeare are just as fascinating and insightful as her takes on sex, lust, and love. Fans (kinky or not) of Shakespeare will love reading this book, and anyone directing Shakespeare should be required to read it.\"--Dan Savage, columnist, \"Savage Love,\" and author most recently of \u003cem\u003eAmerican Savage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Keenan's intimate conversations with Shakespeare offer new and often startling insights into his plays. They are also deeply moving, and deeply courageous, challenging us to rethink sexuality in fundamental ways.\"--Ania Loomba, Ph.D., Catherine Bryson Professor of English at University of Pennsylvania and author of \u003cem\u003eShakespeare, Race, and Colonialism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Visceral, funny, and perceptive, this startling and very personal take on Shakespeare is genuinely revealing--not only about the author, but even more about the plays. Keenan notices and responds to things that criticism on the whole ignores. An enjoyable and impressive book.\"--Stephen Orgel, Ph.D., Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor in Humanities at Stanford University and author of \u003cem\u003eImagining Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Keenan serves up a smart, sexy cocktail of a memoir that is one part spanking fetish, another part Shakespeare, and goes down like a dirty martini that leaves the reader both shaken and stirred.\"--Ian Kerner, Ph.D., author of \u003cem\u003eShe Comes First\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45200644079660,"sku":"9780062378729","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/oQkH-ae3M29780062378729.webp?v=1768423832","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/sex-with-shakespeare-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}