In the Porn Library Archives #2

Recently, I set out to read and reread, watch and rewatch, and view and review The Porn Library archives. This time, I reread Martin Amis’s “A Rough Trade,” which was published in Talk magazine in 2001.Here’s an excerpt:“If you’re going to be a porno star, what do you need? It’s pretty clear by now. You need to be an exhibitionist. You need to have a ferocious sex drive. You need to suffer from nostalgie de la boue (literally ‘mud nostalgia’: a childish, even babyish delight in bodily functions and wastes). And - probably - you need damage in your past. You also need to be humourless. Chloe is not humourless. When she talked to me she was like someone peeping over a wall demarcating two different worlds, telling me stories about the other side..”Visit The Porn Library.About I My Book | Consulting I X I Instagram I Newsletter I Email

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