September 20, 2022, 1am
“Touching is a way of establishing a certain form of knowledge.” —Jimmy Robert
Issue nº19 of Extra Extra magazine is now out in the world. The magazine, devoted to urban erotic encounters, features 208 pages of long-read interviews, commissioned essays and enchanting art and photography. Welcoming you with a series of erotic short stories, the volume brings together a good 40 creative makers and artists—who we consider some of the most challenging voices of today—each expressing their daring and endearing perspectives on how we live together.
The autumn/winter issue features theatre director Milo Rau in talks with Marijn Lems about the intertwinement of creative practice with his experience of today’s world. Our recurring essayistic feature The Protagonist of the Erotic is devoted to one of the most iconic pop stars of our generation: Janelle Monáe. Scholar Dan Hassler-Forest—who happens to be a Monáe devotee—reveals in this piece how pleasure can be a force for liberation, following Audre Lorde's and José Esteban Muñoz's writing. We are particularly proud to feature the work of Emma Amos in an artist portfolio. Anja Aronowsky Cronberg interviews accessory designer Stéphanie D’heygere on striving to find grace in the commonplace, paying attention to small gestures otherwise easily overlooked.
Also in this issue
We give the floor to film director John Cameron Mitchell in an in-depth interview with Paul Dallas on Shortbus, his 2006 masterpiece on urban desire, liberation and orgies in early 2000’s New York. Lauren Elkin, in the Epistolary essay, writes longing letters to Branwell Brontë while Justine Gensse takes us by the hand through Porto, the town of sassy poetry. As we believe recommending books is an inherently sexual act, Ben Eastham dives into the genre of coming-of-age stories in Extra Reading. In a special 16-page commission, discover designer Adrianus Kundert’s Mechanical Erections.
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