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Daphne Merkin’s College Erotica Class

By Neal on November 29, 2007 10:15 AM

New York Times Mag regular and ex-New Yorker film critic Daphne Merkin will be teaching at Marymount Manhattan College. We knew that. We also know that she likes to write about sex (and, well, shoplifting).

The logical conclusion?

Merkin is teaching a class on literary erotica at the school.

A few samples from the reading list:

  • Norman Mailer — The Time of Her Time
  • Harold Brodkey — How Ora Perkins Had Her First Orgasm
  • Edna O’Brien — The Country Girls
  • Marguerite Duras — The Lover

    Hey… does this mean Mailer can be vindicated after winning that award for awkward Hitler-related sex scenes? Quite possibly.

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