Sallie Tisdale

Author of Talk Dirty to Me: An Intimate Philosophy of Sex

18+ Works 921 Members 23 Reviews

About the Author

Sallie Tisdale is the author of several boob, including Violation, Talk Dirty to Me, Stepping Westward, and Women of the Way. She has received a Pushcart Prize, an NEA Fellowship, and the James D. Phelan literary Award and was selected for the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writer Series. Her show more work has appeared in Harpers, The New Yorker, The Threepenny Review, The Antioch Review, Conjunctions, and Tricycle. In addition to her award-winning writing career, Tisdale has been a nurse for many years, including a decade in palliative care. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit her online at SallieTisdale.com. show less

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Works by Sallie Tisdale

Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying (2018) 218 copies

Best Thing I Ever Tasted: The Secret of Food (2000) 161 copies

Women of the Way: Discovering 2,500 Years of Buddhist Wisdom (2006) 115 copies

Stepping Westward: The Long Search for Home in the Pacific Northwest (1991) 54 copies

Violation: Collected Essays (2016) 35 copies

The Lie About the Truck: Survivor, Reality TV, and the Endless Gaze (2021) 24 copies

Portland from the Air (2003) 16 copies

Lot's Wife: Salt and the Human Condition (1988) 15 copies

The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Tales of the Modern Hospital (1986) 13 copies

Harvest Moon: Portrait of a Nursing Home (1987) 9 copies

Advice for the Dying (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death (2018) 7 copies

Great Buddha Gym for All Mens and Womens: A travel memoir (2014) 2 copies

We Do Abortions Here 1 copy

How a Common Death Ritual Made It Harder to Mourn the Loss of My Mother 1 copy

Self-Care for Future Corpses 1 copy

Travel Guide to the End of Life 1 copy

Dime guarradas el sexo, una reflexión alternativa (1996) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Minding the Body: Women Writers on Body and Soul (1994) — Contributor — 213 copies

Nerve: Literate Smut (1998) — Contributor — 127 copies

The Best American Science Writing 2009 (2009) — Contributor — 115 copies

Best Food Writing 2000 (2000) — Contributor — 60 copies

The Erotic Impulse: Honoring the Sensual Self (1992) — Contributor — 54 copies

Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents (2019) — Contributor — 18 copies

Fire Fighters: Stories of Survival from the Front Lines of Firefighting (2002) — Contributor — 13 copies

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Birthdate: 1957-04-15
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Eureka, California, USA
Places of residence: Portland, Oregon, USA
Education: Wesleyan University
Occupations: Nurse
Organizations: Portland State University

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Reviews

The Lie About the Truck: Survivor, Reality TV, and… by Sallie Tisdale

Reread, really enjoy a great pop culture study.

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Amateria66 | 2 other reviews | May 24, 2024 |

Lot's Wife: Salt and the Human Condition by Sallie Tisdale

Couldn't get into this. Her writing style very indirect and wandering.

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FKarr | 2 other reviews | Jul 15, 2023 |

Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them)… by Sallie Tisdale

The author does a lovely job sharing her experiences with death and the dying along with beneficial information for the reader; it can be a difficult read at times but is sorely needed as you just never know, and being prepared can help so many.

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spinsterrevival | 8 other reviews | Feb 10, 2023 |

Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them)… by Sallie Tisdale

This was just the book for me, 80-plus and never having thought much about death, its prequels and sequels. Each page is worth reading, and rereading.

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mykl-s | 8 other reviews | Jan 18, 2023 |

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