Exploring how sun and soil, time and place effect the varieties our sexual expression. From electrically charged sex toys to sex inspired by farm animals, despite all of our regional and ethnic differences, we all have that same universal urge to merge.

Our readings are from "The Good Parts, The Best Erotic Writing In Modern Fiction", an anthology of erotic writings edited by J.H. Blair. This is a collection of short stories and excerpts from most acclaimed and awarded, the very best American literary authors of the last half of the 20th century.

The first story in this episode is "The Ring Of Brightest Angels Around Heaven", a story that requires an electrostim cockring and buttplug to be told. Written by Rick Moody from Brooklyn New York, who is extensively published with a series of novels. This is the title story from his short story collection.

Our second story is about sexuality informed by midwestern American farm life and occasionally inspired by farm animals. Our reading is an excerpt from the Pulitzer prize winning novel "A Thousand Acres" written by Jane Smiley from Ames Iowa.

Dozens of stories from America's finest literary minds, each one exquisitely individual from all the others, and yet every one trying to feed and fulfill the erotic urge that wells up in every one of us.

Every warm blooded human

wants to find their way to the glories of sex

in every city, town, and village on the planet

humans passionately press themselves together

to try to make sex

men and women feverishly rub themselves together

to try to make sparks

deep in the night

under the cover of darkness

in the broad daylight

backed up deep into a shady turnoff

out along some old country road

as long as women know what they want

as long as men know where to go

we will stoke the fires of human sexuality

in our multitude of ways

in every space and place

men and women will live out

the urge to merge

Using the word poetry very loosely.