The 2012 Ropey Volley Awards: Books of the Year
Gram Ponante profiles three books worth reading, two that tell us about how we got here and one that wonders why we stay.
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Porn’s “Golden Goddesses” alight in Hollywood
For many on stage and in the audience, there is a feeling of nostalgia and loss, as if it could never be that way again.
Adding “Inches” to John Holmes biography
Gram recommends the recently updated biography “John Holmes: A Life Measured in Inches”
Gram’s Summer Reading List for Porno-Americans
Gram recommends five device-ready books for your summer betterment
Book launch and documentary prove John Holmes still isn’t “Exhausted”
Nearly a quarter century after his death, interest in John C. Holmes isn’t “Exhausted,” and you get the feeling Holmes wouldn’t have had it any other way.
John Holmes and a brief history of HIV in the porn industry
It was not from a lack of education on Holmes’ part that he knowingly exposed several partners to the virus by continuing to work post-diagnosis.
Surviving John Holmes, Dawn Schiller reveals a “Road through Wonderland” less traveled
Dawn Schiller’s fascinating new memoir “The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes
2008 in Review: Books about Sex with Strings Attached
No tampon or puppet-fucking jokes, please As you can tell from my lack of command of basic English grammar, I don’t read much. And when […]
John Holmes book also measured in inches
John Holmes single-schlongedly embodied the American narrative of success, downfall, and redemption in its porn context, which means something different from any other context. And […]