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The Triumph of My Soul
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ADULT CONNECTION ON SEX:
Agnes
B. Levine
Co-Contributor to The Triumph of My Soul as well as interviewer for Swaggie Interviews, Ms. Levine is busy making her foot print known in the industry.
OTV: What Genre Do You Write In?
ABL: Read children/teen/mostly
adult and write mostly adult/some teens/no children...yet
OTV: When did you read your first book?
ABL: 3rd grade--A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn and Mary Lincoln Todd
OTV: In your opinion, what is the difference between romance &
erotica?
ABL: Romance is true love
relationship, meeting, anticipation, working it out and happily ever
after....erotica is sex, more sex, and then some more sex all dressed
up but it can be tastefully written to educate/enhance but is too
often exploited/distasteful
OTV: How old were you when you first read a romance or erotic book
(naming
book optional)?
ABL: Hmmm, there was something
being passed around in middle school--7th grade i think...don’t
remember title but it was probably erotica if in today’s category
OTV: When do you think it's appropriate for a teen to read romance,
erotica, street/urban/hip-hop lit?
ABL: When they are 22 with a
college degree
OTV: How do you address sex situations with your teens?
ABL: Honestly/maturely/frequently
OTV: What is the difference between romance and erotica twenty to
thirty years ago to romance and erotica today?
ABL: Back then, it was either raw
porn or totally square---im remembering finding a copy of 101 sex
positions in my parents closet and my girlfriend and i laughing our
heads off and im remembering trying to find that old book in the
garage when i was married around 24....
OTV: How should young adult authors handle the sex issue?
ABL: Abstinence + education +
church + responsible dating, protection against STDs/AIDS, etc.....
OTV: What situations in literature would be taking it too far for
teens?
ABL: Promoting sex/teen
parenting, etc. in the most subtlest form when values and morals could
be the main theme
OTV: What books that talk about sex would you recommend for teens?
ABL: I don't know of any right now. hope this helps......
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