"Should I Warn My Family About the Sex Scenes in My Book?"

It's a little late to be asking.

Original column: Emily Gould, NY Magazine, June 12 2024.

My take: After many years of trying, the letter-writer is about to publish a book of essays—hurray! Her proud mother is bragging all over the extended family—thanks, Mom!

But there’s a problem: The essays include “many anecdotes relating to casual sex, moderate drug use, and just existing as a sexua…