![]() ![]() His lover longs for the very exposure they can’t achieve anywhere else. They are anonymous, kissing at a bus stop, where the narrator worries they are too visible - until it occurs to him that visibility is the point. In this scene, the narrator and his lover are on vacation, free from the scrutiny of friends and family who might disapprove of their relationship. And Chee’s selection, an excerpt of the story “The Frog King” from Garth Greenwell ’s 2020 novel Cleanness, is a stunning example of how literature can deploy the tactics of erotic writing. While the divide between the literary and the erotic is not arbitrary, the chasm between them isn’t as broad as some may assume. ![]() And though one might try to divide his writing into two separate camps - the literary and the erotic - Chee believes the erotic holds a vital role in his work as a literary writer. Alexander Chee has spent his career writing about the complicated role sex plays in our lives - a source of shame and desire, harm and restoration, disappointment and profundity. ![]()
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