American magazine published 1981–1996
Yellow Silk: Journal of Erotic Arts was a magazine founded by writer, editor, and designer Lily Pond[ 1] and published quarterly from 1981[ 2] to 1996[ 3] on the belief that the erotic should play a more visible role in American arts and letters.[ 4] The magazine promoted the idea of erotic energy being not only sexual desire but love of any kind.[ 2] The publisher was Three Rivers Press[ 2] and the magazine was based in Rhode Island .[ 5]
Anthologies
Works published in this magazine were anthologized in:
Yellow Silk: Erotic Arts and Letters , Three Rivers Press , 1992, ISBN 0-517-58736-X , edited by Lily Pond and Richard Russo (AKA Richard A. Russo, not the novelist of the same name)[ 6]
The Book of Eros: Arts and Letters from Yellow Silk , Three Rivers Press, 1996, ISBN 0-517-88612-X
Seven Hundred Kisses: A Yellow Silk Book of Erotic Writing , HarperOne , 1997, ISBN 0-06-251484-9
Yellow Silk II: International Erotic Stories and Poems , Grand Central Publishing ISBN 978-0-446-67531-4
Editor Lily Pond also published Pillow: Exploring the Heart of Eros (A Yellow Silk Book) , Celestial Arts , 1998, ISBN 0-89087-858-7
Contributors
Yellow Silk has showcased the work of a long list of notable writers and artists. Authors who have appeared in Yellow Silk include: Kim Addonizio , Angela Ball , Carolyn Banks , Robert Bly , Angela Carter , Marilyn Chin , Wanda Coleman , Franz Douskey , Margaret Drabble , Anita Endrezze , Louise Erdrich , Susan Griffin , Marilyn Hacker , Jane Hirshfield , Ha Jin , Galway Kinnell , William Kotzwinkle , Dorianne Laux , Mary Mackey , David Mamet , Carole Maso , W.S. Merwin , Bharati Mukherjee , Dennis Nurkse , Sharon Olds , Mary Oliver , Jennifer Jean O'Neill , Octavio Paz , Marge Piercy , Howard W. Robertson , Andrew Schelling , Ntozake Shange , Robert Silverberg , Nicole Stansbury , Terry Tempest Williams , and Robert Wrigley .
Artists and photographers who provided covers and interior illustrations, typically a single artist per issue, include:
Sigmund Abeles , Tee Corinne , Judy Dater , Betty LaDuke , Mayumi Oda , Stephen John Phillips , Jan Saudek , and Maurianna Nolan (Winkler).
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