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I had the flu this day and couldn't leave the house.
Elizabeth Benedict, bestselling novelist (Almost and The Practice of Deceit), and author of the classic writer's resource, The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers, offers practical strategies, examples from the best recent fiction, and insights from many writers she interviewed for the book, including John Updike, Russell Banks, Stephen McCauley, Dorothy Allison, and Alan Hollinghurst. Bring your curiosity and literary quandries.