''Yellow Silk: Journal of Erotic Arts'' was a magazine founded by writer, editor,& designer Lily Pond and published quarterly from 1981 to 1996 on the belief that the erotic should play a more visible role in American arts and letters. The magazine promoted the idea of erotic energy being not only sexual desire but love of any kind. The publisher was Three Rivers Press and the magazine was based in

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Anthologies

Works published in this magazine were anthologized in: *''Yellow Silk: Erotic Arts and Letters'',

Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press is the trade paperback imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House. It publishes original paperback titles as well as paperback reprints of books issued initially in hardcover by the other Crown imprints ...

, 1992, , edited by Lily Pond and Richard Russo (AKA Richard A. Russo, not the

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of the same name)Yellow Silk: Erotic Arts and Letters
/ref> *''The Book of Eros: Arts and Letters from Yellow Silk'', Three Rivers Press, 1996, *''Seven Hundred Kisses: A Yellow Silk Book of Erotic Writing'', HarperOne, 1997, *''Yellow Silk II: International Erotic Stories and Poems '', Grand Central Publishing Editor Lily Pond also published ''Pillow: Exploring the Heart of Eros (A Yellow Silk Book)'',

Celestial Arts Ten Speed Press is a publishing house founded in Berkeley, California in 1971 by Phil Wood. Ten Speed Press was bought by Random House in February 2009 and is now part of their Crown Publishing Group division. History Wood worked with Barnes & N ...

, 1998,

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 Kim Addonizio (July 31, 1954) is an American poet and novelist. Life Addonizio was born in Washington, D.C., United States. She is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie (born Addonizio). She briefly attended ...

, Angela Ball,

Carolyn Banks Carolyn Banks (born February 9, 1941) is an American novelist, short-story writer, editor, and screenwriter residing in Bastrop, Texas. Writing career 20th century Her first national publication was her short story "Idyll," which appeared in '' ...

Robert Bly Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is '' Iron John: A Book About Men'' (1990), which spent 62 weeks on ' ...

, Angela Carter,

Marilyn Chin Marilyn Chin (陈美玲) is a prominent Chinese American poet, writer, activist, and feminist, as well as an editor and Professor of English. She is well-represented in major canonical anthologies and textbooks and her work is taught all over the ...

Wanda Coleman Wanda Coleman (November 13, 1946 – November 22, 2013) was an American poet. She was known as "the L.A. Blueswoman" and "the unofficial poet laureate of Los Angeles". Biography Wanda Evans was born in the Watts, Los Angeles, California, Watts ...

Franz Douskey Franz Douskey (born 2 December 1941) is an American writer. His work has been published in hundreds of magazines and anthologies, including ''The Nation, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Las Vegas Life, Yankee, ''USA/Today'', The Georgia Review, '' ...

Margaret Drabble Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, (born 5 June 1939) is an English biographer, novelist and short story writer. Drabble's books include '' The Millstone'' (1965), which won the following year's John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, and ''Jer ...

, Anita Endrezze,

Louise Erdrich Louise Erdrich ( ; born Karen Louise Erdrich, June 7, 1954) is an American author of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indian ...

Susan Griffin Susan Griffin (born January 26, 1943) is a radical feminist philosopher, essayist and playwright particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist works. Life Griffin was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1943 and has resided in ...

, Marilyn Hacker,

Jane Hirshfield Jane Hirshfield (born February 24, 1953) is an American poet, essayist, and translator, known as 'one of American poetry's central spokespersons for the biosphere' and recognized as 'among the modern masters,' 'writing some of the most important ...

Ha Jin Jin Xuefei (; born February 21, 1956) is a Chinese-American poet and novelist using the pen name Ha Jin (). ''Ha'' comes from his favorite city, Harbin. His poetry is associated with the Misty Poetry movement. Early life Ha Jin was born in L ...

, Galway Kinnell,

William Kotzwinkle William Kotzwinkle (born November 22, 1943) is an American novelist, children's writer, and screenwriter. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He has won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for ''Doctor Rat'' in 1977, and has also wo ...

, Dorianne Laux,

Mary Mackey Mary Lou Mackey (born 1945) is an American novelist, poet, and academic. She is the author of eight collections of poetry and fourteen novels, including the ''New York Times'' best-seller ''A Grand Passion'' and ''The Village of Bones'', ''The Y ...

, David Mamet,

Carole Maso Carole Maso is a contemporary American novelist and essayist, known for her experimental, poetic and fragmentary narratives which are often called postmodern. She is a recipient of a 1993 Lannan Literary Award for Fiction. Biography Maso was bo ...

W.S. Merwin William Stanley Merwin (September 30, 1927 – March 15, 2019) was an American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose, and produced many works in translation. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thema ...

Bharati Mukherjee Bharati Mukherjee (July 27, 1940 – January 28, 2017) was an Indian American-Canadian writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She was the author of a number of novels and short story ...

Dennis Nurkse Dennis Nurkse is a poet from Brooklyn. Life Nurkse is the son of the eminent Estonian economist Ragnar Nurkse. He has taught workshops at Rikers Island, and his poems about prison life appeared in ''The American Poetry Review, Evergreen Review ...

, Sharon Olds, Mary Oliver, Jennifer Jean O'Neill, Octavio Paz, Marge Piercy, Howard W. Robertson,

Andrew Schelling Andrew Schelling (born January 14, 1953 in Washington D.C.), is an American poet and translator. Life Schelling grew up in the townships of New England west of Boston. Early influences were the wildlands of New England, and Asian art viewed in th ...

Ntozake Shange Ntozake Shange ( ;
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Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand ...

, Nicole Stansbury,

Terry Tempest Williams Terry Tempest Williams (born 8 September 1955), is an American writer, educator, conservationist, and activist. Williams' writing is rooted in the American West and has been significantly influenced by the arid landscape of Utah. Her work foc ...

, and

Robert Wrigley Robert Wrigley (born 1951 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is an American poet and educator. Biography In 1971 Wrigley was inducted into the army, filing for discharge as a conscientious objector. He received his M.F.A. in Poetry from the Universi ...

. Artists and photographers who provided covers and interior illustrations, typically a single artist per issue, include:

Sigmund Abeles Sigmund Abeles (born 1934) is an American figurative artist and art educator. His work embodies the "expressive and psychological aspects of the human figure; an art focused on the life cycle." He taught art for 27 years at various institutions in ...

, Tee Corinne, Judy Dater,

Betty LaDuke Betty LaDuke (née Bernstein; born 1933) is an American artist and writer from Oregon. She is the mother of activist Winona LaDuke. Early life LaDuke was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1933. She attended the High School of Music and Art in New Yo ...

Mayumi Oda Mayumi may refer to: * Mayumi (name) * ''Mayumi'' (film) (真由美), a 1990 South Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok * 9418 Mayumi, a minor planet {{disambiguation ...

, Stephen John Phillips,

Jan Saudek Jan Saudek (born 13 May 1935) is an art photographer and painter. Jan Saudek's art work represents a unique technique combining photography and painting. In his country of origin, Czechoslovakia, Jan was considered a disturbed artist and oppres ...

, and Maurianna Nolan (Winkler).

References

External links

Yellow Silk website with issue listing
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