Jack Murnighan – författare

Over the past three years, Nerve.com has defined a new genre in contemporary literature: short, sexy fiction that excites above and below the neck. Incisive, honest, and gripping, these stories rewrite our understanding of what sexual fiction can be.Full Frontal Fiction collects the most innovative and literary erotic fiction to appear on the Web pages of Nerve. From established names like Jay McInerney, A. M. Homes, Robert Olen Butler, Mary Gaitskill, and Elizabeth Wurtzel to the best of today''s new voices, Full Frontal Fiction contains some of the most provocative writing in America today.From the Trade Paperback edition.

The literary education you''ve always lusted for.Fresh from the virtual pages of Nerve.com comes this collection of "naughty bits," an irreverent look into the steamy, scandalous side of literature past and present. With bite-sized salacious excerpts from the classics -- new and old -- each with a fresh, insightful introduction, The Naughty Bits presents the world''s great books as you never thought you''d see them. Includes naughty bits by:DanteD. H. LawrencePhilip RothGoetheToni MorrisonJulio CortázarJohn CheeverWilliam ShakespeareThaddeus RutkowskiJohn DonneThomas MaloryGünter GrassHerman MelvilleJohn BarthErnest HemingwayErica JongThomas CarewM. F. K. FisherWilliam KennedyJeanette WintersonPaul WestHarry MathewsCatullusClarice LispectorGiovanni BoccaccioJames BaldwinNicholson BakerTom WolfeJohn WilmotKevin CantyPlatoJames JoyceLydia DavisFrançois RabelaisKenneth StarrHenry MillerJohn UpdikeGeoffrey ChaucerMarquis de Sade Sir Philip SidneyHolly HughesMartin AmisAndrew MarvellThe Pearl PoetThomas PynchonSapphoWilliam GibsonMark LeynerMargery Kempe Jean GenetEdmund SpenserJohn ClelandKurt VonnegutAnaïs NinPetroniusKeith BannerUmberto EcoJ. G. BallardMario Vargas LlosaOvidJean de MeunCatherine BreillatGeorge EliotKenzaburo OeCormac McCarthyLarry FlyntRupert BrookeThe Old TestamentFrom the Trade Paperback edition.

Feel bad about not reading or not enjoying the so-called great books? Don’t sweat it, it’s not your fault. Did anyone tell you that Anna Karenina is a beach read, that Dickens is hilarious, that the Iliad’s battle scenes rival Hollywood’s for gore, or that Joyce is at his best when he’s talking about booze, sex, or organ meats? Writer and professor Jack Murnighan says it’s time to give literature another look, but this time you’ll enjoy yourself. With a little help, you’ll see just how great the great books are: how they can make you laugh, moisten your eyes, turn you on, and leave you awestruck and deeply moved. Beowulf on the Beach is your field guide–erudite, witty, and fun-loving–for helping you read and relish fifty of the biggest (and most skipped) classics of all time. For each book, Murnighan reveals how to get the most out of your reading and provides a crib sheet that includes the Buzz, the Best Line, What’s Sexy, and What to Skip.From the Trade Paperback edition.

“A treat for any book lover, happily mated or cheerfully single” (USA TODAY)—two popular journalists give hilarious relationship advice borrowed from the most famous characters in literature.Finding love should be easier than ever before, given all the freedoms we enjoy. But as it turns out, the more options we have, the more difficult attaining romantic bliss becomes. We wonder: Should we put all our energy into online dating, or hang out in bars to find someone new? Should we settle for a friendship-with-benefits, or refuse to stop looking until we happen upon true love? And if we do manage to achieve the impossible and find a perfect match—soul mate, sexual dynamo, and best buddy all in one—how can we beat the relationship doldrums when they come, as they’re bound to in this hyperactive society? In our quest to reach romantic nirvana, we turn to self-help manuals, magazines, talk shows, friends, relatives, and shrinks. But we’ve overlooked the true font of wisdom: the timeless stories written by great novelists. That’s where Much Ado About Loving comes in. In its pages, two book lovers who are also advice columnists—Maura Kelly and Jack Murnighan—relay the lessons in life and love that they’ve learned from reading more classic novels than your English teacher, while having far more romantic conundrums than all of Jane Austen’s characters combined. They’ve done the heavy reading—and the recovering from heartbreak—for you. Now all you need is this book.