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Donna George Storey

Goodreads author profile

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http://www.goodreads.com/DonnaGeorgeStorey

born

December 31, 1918 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.DonnaGeorgeStorey.com

genre

Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

influences

Mary McCarthy, Alice Munro, Anais Nin, Ihara Saikaku

member since

January 2008

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Donna George Storey has taught English in Japan and Japanese at Stanford and U.C. Berkeley. She holds a Ph.D. in Japanese literature from Stanford and has published over sixty literary and/or erotic stories and essays in Prairie Schooner, Gettysburg Review, Fourth Genre, Wine Spectator, Best American Erotica 2006, Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica 4, 5, 6, and 7, Best Women’s Erotica 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and elsewhere. Her work also received special mention in Pushcart Prize Stories 2004. Her first novel, Amorous Woman (Orion, 2007) is the story of an American woman’s (very steamy) love affair with Japan inspired by Ihara Saikaku’s classic 17th century novel of the pleasure quarters. She is also the author of Child of Darkness: Yoko an...more

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Books by Donna George Storey

Average rating: 4.08 · 493 ratings · 111 reviews · 28 distinct works

	Amorous Woman 4.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	He's on Top: Erotic Stories of Male Dominance and Female Submission by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), N.T. Morley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Andrea Dale (Contributor) 3.81 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Yes, Sir: Erotic Stories of Female Submission by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alison Tyler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Sommer Marsden (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Please, Sir: Erotic Stories of Female Submission by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Shanna Germain (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Remittance Girl (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.16 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Spanked: Red-Cheeked Erotica by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rick Roberts (Contributor), L. Elise Bland (Contributor) 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Dirty Girls: Erotica for Women by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Marie Lyn Bernard (Contributor), Alison Tyler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	She's on Top: Erotic Stories of Female Dominance and Male Submission by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Donna George Storey (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alison Tyler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Do Not Disturb: Hotel Sex Stories by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amanda Earl (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Gwen Masters (Contributor) 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Fast Girls: Erotica for Women by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kayla Perrin (Contributor), Susie Hara (Contributor) 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Obsessed: Erotic Romance for Women by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Caridad Piñeiro (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), K.D. Grace (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Amorous Woman (Literature & Fiction)

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Description: An American woman's love affair with Japan and her sensual encounters with the sexy men and woman she meets along the way.

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Donna is now friends with Martha Garvey
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Donna gave to: Doctor Olaf Van Schuler's Brain by Kirsten Menger-Anderson (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2009	My rating:
This beautifully written novel-in-stories follows the lives of twelve generations of New York City physicians who are trying to better the human condition, each in his or her own misguided way. I have to say Dr. Olaf van Schuler’s Brain is the most p...more
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Donna gave to: The Mile High Club: Plane Sex Stories by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2009	My rating:
Airplane travel is like sex. We are literally suspended in air, able to take on a temporary new identity. We’re brushing up against strangers we’d otherwise never meet, our senses our heightened by the excitement and novelty. Plus, there’s always tha...more
Mar 24, 2009 01:14pm · see review
Donna gave to: Night's Kiss: Lesbian Erotica by Catherine Lundoff (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2009	My rating:
Every time I have the pleasure to read Catherine Lundoff’s lesbian erotica, I am invariably left breathless in more ways than one. Lundoff is a master of the steamy sex scene, but her erotic encounters are always grounded in satisfying emotional and...more
Mar 24, 2009 01:07pm · see review
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Donna made a comment on Jennifer's review of Amorous Woman "I'm looking forward to it! "
Dec 20, 2008 07:23am · see review
Donna gave to: Forgive the Moon by Maryanne Stahl (Goodreads Author) recommended for: people who like excellently crafted novels, family relationships, sailing, great beach reads read in September, 2008	My rating:
“The Opposite Shore” begins aboard a sailboat and although the sailing by no means smooth from that moment on, you immediately know you’re in the hands of a skipper who will take you on a memorable ride through deep waters. Inspired by Shakespeare’s...more
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