Banned Books Week Reading in NYC

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On October 4, during Banned Books Week, authors and performers read from sexually oriented works at the 2A Bar, in New York City. There were some familiar names, including Lisa Ann, reading from "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James; longtime Penthouse editor Lainie Speiser, reading from Charles Bukowski's "Tales of Ordinary Madness"; leading Linda Lovelace expert Eric Danville, reading from Lovelace's autobiography "Inside Linda Lovelace"; Robert Rosen, author of "Beaver Street: A History of Modern Pornography," reading selections from J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye"; and former madam Kristin Davis reading "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."