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T.R. Verten

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The United States

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http://burningbookpress.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Gay & Lesbian, Literature & Fiction, Romance

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Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Zadie Smith, Charles Bukowski, Belle de Jour, ...more

Member Since

August 2011

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Unbeknownst to her dissertation committee, TR Verten was really a spy in the house of academia. A decade of bone-dry work on Realist representation turned out to be an aesthetic manifesto in disguise. By day she tinkers with verbs while wearing a false mustache; at night she plasters the city’s walls with wheatpaste.

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“There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.”

-Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

Finally! I am thrilled, relieved, nervous, and excited to be able to share this news with all six of you. With the launch of Burning Books Press, it seems my works will have a place to call home. The editorial board recognizes that “litera

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Average rating: 3.9 · 189 ratings · 46 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Confessions of a Rentboy 3.69 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under Her Thumb by D.L. King (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Andrea Zanin (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Valerie Alexander (Contributor) 3.99 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Gay Erotica 2015 by Rob Rosen (Goodreads Author) (Editor)(Introduction), Richard Michaels (Contributor), Rhidian Brenig Jones (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Gay Erotica of the Year, Volume 3 (Best Gay Erotica of the Year, #3) by Rob Rosen (Goodreads Author) (Editor)(Introduction), Rhidian Brenig Jones (Contributor), T.R. Verten (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Bondage Erotica of the Year, Volume 2 (Best Bondage Erotica Series) by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Veronique Veritas (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Rosalind Chase (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heart, Body, Soul: Erotica with Character (New Smut Project Book 1) by T.C. Mill (Goodreads Author) (editor), Alex Freeman, Ella Dawson (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My First Spanking by Cassandra Park (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maxine Marsh (Goodreads Author), Dolly Wylde 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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T.R.’s Quotes

“If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.”
― David Sedaris, Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

tags: sympathy

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“If you aren't cute, you may as well be clever.”
― David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day

tags: humor

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“All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I'm afraid that when all is said and done the police are right: it all comes down to fingerprints.”
― David Sedaris, Holidays on Ice

tags: identity, individuality

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“If you read someone else's diary, you get what you deserve.”
― David Sedaris

tags: diaries, journals, justice, privacy

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“Every day we're told that we live in the greatest country on earth. And it's always stated as an undeniable fact: Leos are born between July 23 and August 22, fitted queen-size sheets measure sixty by eighty inches, and America is the greatest country on earth. Having grown up with this in our ears, it's startling to realize that other countries have nationalistic slogans of their own, none of which are 'We're number two!”
― David Sedaris , Me Talk Pretty One Day