The President's Commission on Pornography

Amy E. Vorro
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:46:09 PDT

The poems in this collection reflect various forms of maturation and their parallels with historic cultural shifts, specifically those typified in pop culture by the perceived climate of the 1970's. The poems contained in the first section, Deep Throat, focus on moments, taking the variables of place and sexuality heavily into account so as to explore 'the unmentionable' and their resonances for both the specifically female and generally human conditions, while simultaneously examining the personal implications. Debbie Does Dallas, the second section, continues along this vein, yet branches out to contemplate more imagined encounters and more specific taboos, sometimes through the use of traditional poetic forms. The third and final section, Behind the Green Door, steps through a doorway into the past: applying the same topics of maturation, taboos and sexuality to family structure, childhood and memory. The President's Commission on Pornography relies heavily on eccentric juxtaposition so as to stretch and investigate the amorphous boundaries of taboos, language and sexuality