Zoe Ligon and Elizabeth Renstrom's new book Carnal Knowledge (Prestel, September 2020) updates and normalizes sex education - a topic that is still sensitive in 21st century America. For many Americans, it’s a subject that was excluded from the core curriculum and is vital to our overall health and happiness.

Longtime friends Zoe Ligon and Elizabeth Renstrom are a writer and photographer dream team. Ligon brings years of experience as a sex educator, journalist, and performer to this project in seven sharply-crafted chapters that address everything you've ever wanted to know about sex. This ranges from the basic human anatomy and the importance of healthy relationships to sex toys and supporting sex worker rights. Renstrom's vivid, 90s aesthetic-influenced photographs complement the hilariously frank text.

Without further delay…

Roula Seikaly in Conversation with Zoe Ligon and Eizabeth Renstrom