{"product_id":"9780062378736","title":"Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much to Do with Pain, but More with Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative, moving, kinky, and often absurdly funny memoir about Shakespeare, love, obsession, and spanking\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen it came to understanding love, a teenage Jillian Keenan had nothing to guide her-until a production of \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e sent Shakespeare's language flowing through her blood for the first time. In \u003ci\u003eSex with Shakespeare, \u003c\/i\u003eshe tells the story of how the Bard's plays helped her embrace her unusual sexual identity and find a love story of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour hundred years after Shakespeare's death, Keenan's smart and passionate memoir brings new life to his work. With fourteen of his plays as a springboard, she explores the many facets of love and sexuality-from desire and communication to fetish and fantasy. In \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, Keenan unmasks Helena as a sexual masochist-like Jillian herself. In \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, she examines criminalized sexual identities and the dark side of \"privacy.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew\u003c\/i\u003e goes inside the secret world of bondage, domination, and sadomasochism, while \u003ci\u003eKing Lear \u003c\/i\u003eexposes the ill-fated king as a possible sexual predator. Moving through the canon, Keenan makes it abundantly clear that literature is a conversation. In \u003ci\u003eSex with Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e, words are love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Keenan wanders the world in search of connection, from desert dictatorships to urban islands to disputed territories, Shakespeare goes with her -and provokes complex, surprising, and wildly important conversations about sexuality, consent, and the secrets that simmer beneath our surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46506072703217,"sku":"9780062378736","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780062378736_p0.jpg?v=1767879543","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062378736","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}