Photos in collages by Lauren Sanders and Susan Ryan
Photos in collages by Lauren Sanders and Susan Ryan
“I like to think that if I’d read Kamikaze Lust when it was first released, I’d have sorted myself out sooner. It’s the kind of novel that opens you up, shakes you by the collar, and tells you to wake up.”
—from the preface by CarlEy Moore
When her newspaper goes on strike, journalist Rachel Slivowitz is precipitously launched into a new job as a porn star’s biographer, a new relationship with her coworker and pal Shade, and a bold new attitude—all at once.
The story Rachel had been working on about a practitioner of physician-assisted suicide—a scoop the strike deprives her of becomes personal when her Aunt Lorraine, dying of cancer, begs to meet the doctor Rachel has been interviewing.
Kamikaze Lust takes the reader on an electrifying ride through the spectacle of life and death in millennial America. Smart, hardboiled, and humorous, the novel taps the American obsession with sex and death, sex and popular culture, sex and the written word, sex and pornography, sex and green M&Ms, and, of course, the perennial sex and love.
Sanders voices a feminism buried in desire that insists on sprouting and blossoming. Included in the 25th anniversary edition is a preface by Carley Moore, acclaimed author of Panpocalyse, The Not Wives, 16 Pills and The Stalker Chronicles.
About Lauren
LAUREN SANDERS is the author of Kamikaze Lust, winner of the 2000 Lambda Literary Award and now out in a 25th anniversary edition with a preface by Carley Moore from Akashic Books. An audiobook read by Helen Laser is also being released. Lauren's other books include, With or Without You and The Book of Love and Hate called by The Advocate "a thrilling tale of espionage, family ties, sex, love, and betrayal." Sanders's writing has appeared in various publications and journals including Bookforum, the American Book Review, and Time Out New York
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Kamikaze Lust — now an audiobook
Lauren Sanders’s queer cult-classic debut
Winner of a 2000 Lambda Literary Award
Read by Helen Laser
With a new foreword by Carley Moore
Raw, fearless, and unforgettable
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Available wherever you get your audiobooks
UPCOMING EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2025
All She Wrote Books welcomes Lauren Sanders in conversation with Helen Fremont
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Time & Location
Dec 10, 2025, 6:30 PM
All She Wrote Books,
75 Washington St,
Somerville, MA 02143, USA
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OTHER BOOKS
“With or Without You is a hot poetic book I wouldn’t kick out of bed.” —Eileen Myles, author of Chelsea Girls
The Book of Love and Hate is a thrilling tale of espionage, family ties, sex, love and betrayal. If you're looking for an exciting juicy read, look no further." The Advocate
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