Jeanette Winterson
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Peter Sotos
American writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
Peter Sotosis an American author and musician, well known as a former member of the British noise music band Whitehouse. In his books, Sotos writes about sadistic sexual criminals and sexually violent pornography in great detail, particularly involving children.
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Peter Sotosis an American author and musician, well known as a former member of the British noise music band Whitehouse. In his books, Sotos writes about sadistic sexual criminals and sexually violent pornography in great detail, particularly involving children. His books tend to be first-person narratives, taking on the point of view of the sexual predator in order to portray sadistic and pedophilic sexual impulses. His former publisher, Adam Parfey, has described one of his books as “transcripts of horrifying, embarrassing human degradation.”
He often writes about real-life child sexual abuse cases, including the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 8-year-old Melissa Ackerman and the kidnapping and sexual exploitation of 5-year-old Masha Allen. Sotos was arrested in 1985 on child pornography charges due to content that was published within an issue of his zine Pure.
13 Quotes by Peter Sotos
- 1.
Most of my books have caused distribution and printing problems in the past.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
- 2.
My introduction to the Brady book was an attempt to nail the exact same idea since Brady addressed the point. And since I write pornography, naturally, something of an obsession for me.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
- 3.
And books that were published in much larger numbers than Selfish, Little are hard to find. And publishers who wanted to publish my last few works have them stuck in limbo while new distribution ideas and legal issues and fears are blown away.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
- 4.
Further, for once, I like the idea that people who think I’m a constant voice for the furthering of the imagination have to see that interest in a more materialistic fashion.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
- 5.
Further, I’m obsessed with how language contorts and creates bodies.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
- 6.
In the past the publishers I’ve worked with have been extremely generous. And in almost every case, have been people who believed in the work rather than the sales and marketing.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
- 7.
I don’t sell enough books to pay for the lawyers, however. And these various problems finally became too much.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
- 8.
I don’t publish the books to make money, not at all.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
- 9.
But, right now, the situation is that almost all of my writing is out of print.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
- 10.
The book grew out of the introduction I did for Brady’s Gates of Janus. I knew that the writing in that introduction had a better than average chance of being read by people involved in Brady’s life – parents of victims, police, Brady himself.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
- 11.
Once again, I think there is little art being done that really owns up to such intense possibilities.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
- 12.
If you look at the publishers I’ve worked with, generally, they’re a great bunch. Creation is unlike any other publishing house you can think of. The people I’ve worked with have integrity and intelligence and, almost always, less money than ideas.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher
- 13.
I’m not trying to do conceptual art.
Peter SotosAmerican writer, musician, and child pornography publisher