Catherine Gigante-Brown

“It’s almost as though this niche was patiently waiting for us to find it.”

Alas, I am the lone female in a house full of men. Only two men, but they take up a lot of space.

At the New York City release party for Dayna Kurtz’ latest, Rise and Fall, my friend Nadia leaned over to me and whispered, “Why the fuck

" Sure enough, the doorbell rang one early June day and there she was: curvy, seductive body, smooth black skin, bright blue eyes."

sex sage. fetish specialist. author.

I try. I really do. But whenever I attempt to embrace my husband Peter’s Cuban culture, I always screw up.

Content Notice: Death

Wrinkles or lifelines? Chunky or curvaceous? The choice is yours.

In the photograph, my great-grandmother, Margarita Cirigliano, is sitting at a small table on the front porch of the family home in Borough Park, Brooklyn.

erotic. intimate. unapologetic.