Tara read and liked James's review of We Did Porn: Memoir and Drawings:

"Best book I've read all year.

Excerpt:

"Like the question of how to treat they gay, the black, and the bug-eyed unborn, pornography is a "Hot Button Issue" - meaning an issue so UNconfusing that any lead-poisoned ...more Best book I've read all year.

Excerpt:

"Like the question of how to treat they gay, the black, and the bug-eyed unborn, pornography is a "Hot Button Issue" - meaning an issue so UNconfusing that any lead-poisoned third grader has all the information he or she needs to have an opinion on it, and probably does."

The above of course from the chapter "Of Braindead Fucks."

Zak Smith's diction is breathtakingly refreshing. Because he does not write. I mean, he writes, but he doesn't "write." His style is so stripped down and bare (raw?) lacking all pretension and unnecessary linguistic pyrotechnics. It reeks of honesty, truth, and intellect.

Zak Smith defines tradition as "a conspiracy of unimaginative parents and unloved old men in funny hats." Which is true. And funny.

I am inclined to re-read the book and simply recount my favorite excerpts in order for you to properly appreciate the immediacy, bluntness, and sheer enjoyment of a Zak Smith experience.

It's really quite good.

And did I mention it's about porn?(less) "