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The Last Orgasm
The Last Orgasm continues the journey of Nin Andrew’s first collection, The Book of Orgasms , which became a cult classic that has been translated into Turkish, performed in Prague and has readers around the globe. In both books the orgasm is an ethereal presence, puzzled by humanity in general and Nin in particular.
- GenresPoetry
128 pages, Unknown Binding
Published October 1, 2020
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August 2, 2020
If These Walls Could Talk
I've been devoted to playful postmodern work ever since I read my first Donald Barthelme collection in my teens. I've carried the torch for work in that genre for more than fifty years, (which means we are way past the heyday of the postmodern). Until reading this book, and thinking about what to write here, I'd never given any real consideration to the fact that all of my postmodern favorite writers have been men. Not any more.
Nin Andrews brings a playful, generous, and deeply human spirit to her relationship with Orgasm, and that brings out the best in them both. As a consequence, this book works on all levels. It is an engaging entertainment and a display of Andrews' great skill as a writer. It is sly and humorous; a needed tonic for our confrontational times. It is a witty commentary on the various poems "after or on which" some of the entries are based. It is a subtle meditation on sex and life and our larger culture. It's a rueful consideration of the female body. It's about life, the universe, and everything.
The long opening section in which the Orgasm decides to learn about social media, opens a Twitter account, becomes a branded niche orgasm, and builds a website, may well be the funniest, wisest, and most brutal thing I've read all year.
This is essential reading.
(Please note that I received a free ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
I've been devoted to playful postmodern work ever since I read my first Donald Barthelme collection in my teens. I've carried the torch for work in that genre for more than fifty years, (which means we are way past the heyday of the postmodern). Until reading this book, and thinking about what to write here, I'd never given any real consideration to the fact that all of my postmodern favorite writers have been men. Not any more.
Nin Andrews brings a playful, generous, and deeply human spirit to her relationship with Orgasm, and that brings out the best in them both. As a consequence, this book works on all levels. It is an engaging entertainment and a display of Andrews' great skill as a writer. It is sly and humorous; a needed tonic for our confrontational times. It is a witty commentary on the various poems "after or on which" some of the entries are based. It is a subtle meditation on sex and life and our larger culture. It's a rueful consideration of the female body. It's about life, the universe, and everything.
The long opening section in which the Orgasm decides to learn about social media, opens a Twitter account, becomes a branded niche orgasm, and builds a website, may well be the funniest, wisest, and most brutal thing I've read all year.
This is essential reading.
(Please note that I received a free ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
September 23, 2025
Laughed out loud at "What I Keep Telling Nin"..... how did you do it, Nin? !intelligencia a la orgasm feminina! No lo creo!!
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