Understanding Henry …

… The Best Sex I’ve Read Was By the Dick-Centric Henry Miller. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Most of what I remember of Miller’s writing is incredibly dick-centric. This is one of the few passages I remember where he’s praising someone’s vagina. And the portrait of her is just so vivid. I remember her having gold teeth and trotting around in the street, aggressively looking for customers and throwing back a drink. There’s a feeling of her as a person, but also that she has acquired this at great cost — she’s obtained this love for herself and ability to have great pleasure with effort. It hasn’t just been handed to her..