Associate creative writing prof, daughter create intimate look at female sexuality

Discussing human sexuality with one's children can be an awkward experience.

Just ask Alison Deming, a UA associate professor of creative writing, who recently published a book about female desires and passion with her daughter, artist Lucinda Bliss.

"Anatomy of Desire, the Daughter/Mother Sessions" began as a collaborative art exhibition with visual and written pieces that was in Arizona Gallery in February.

"Once we got started doing the text (of the exhibit), we thought maybe it should be a book," Deming said. "It just became apparent to us that there was more there than we could fit on the wall (of the gallery). There was so much substance there that we wanted to explore."