The sex diaries project: what we're saying about what we're doing

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"Arianne Cohen spent four years collecting 1,500 Sex Diaries and in this book she takes us on a tantalizing tour of American bedrooms through the all-new, provocative, often moving, sometimes shocking, always entertaining real diaries of forty Sex Diarists. From the Madly-In-Love 17-Year-Old Who Might be Pregnant to the Cheating Father of Three and the Grandma Who Is Perfectly Happy Alone, these tales of love, lust, longing and leaving will shock, titillate, and educate. Cohen serves as tour guide, drawing on her deep database of Sex Diaries for her incisive and illuminating commentary. Cohen was the first editor of the Sex Diaries column, a popular feature in New York magazine, editing it from 2007 to 2010. Her work regularly appears in Marie Claire and the New York Times and she is a contributing editor at Woman's Day. She is executive producing a TV reality series based on this book"--Provided by publisher.;Introduction: A few tantalizing words from your sex diaries editor. Part One. Solo. Dalliancing. 'Im enjoying myself -- Soloing: I am my own soul mate -- Part Two. Partnered : a brief intermission: your editor's sex diaries epiphany. Dating: it's simple: I like you, you like me -- Committing: together, forever -- Recommitting: round two -- Ending: dissonance, breakups, death and other mishaps. Part Three. Poly. Cheating: on paper I'm monogamous, in practice. Flourishing: the more, the merrier. Appendix: what kind of relationship Is it?: a cheat sheet. Introduction: A few tantalizing words from your sex diaries editor. Part One. Solo. Dalliancing. 'Im enjoying myself -- Soloing: I am my own soul mate -- Part Two. Partnered : a brief intermission: your editor's sex diaries epiphany. Dating: it's simple: I like you, you like me -- Committing: together, forever -- Recommitting: round two -- Ending: dissonance, breakups, death and other mishaps. Part Three. Poly. Cheating: on paper I'm monogamous, in practice. Flourishing: the more, the merrier. Appendix: what kind of relationship Is it?: a cheat sheet.