In 'Sexographies,' Peruvian journalist Gabriela Wiener puts herself in a series of unexpected situations, like entering Peru's largest prison undercover as a convict's girlfriend or undergoing a near-death workshop to overcome her fear of death. And then she writes about it.

All essays are incredibly personal, and Wiener isn't afraid of digging into the depths of her being to uncover her sexual desires, traumas, fears, identities, and complexities, and then detail it to a worldwide audience.

Her writing is graphic and unfiltered, like when she meticulously describes her first experience in a swingers club with her husband, but not always hot and sexy, like when her post-partum breasts need to be milked by the subject of her latest interview, a Peruvian sex worker, to help her cope with her extreme pain. But that's what a "study of sex" looks like, right? The unglamorous but honest "study of sex."

I had never read anything like it before and was pushed out of my comfort zone in full force! Wiener writes free of prejudice and preconceived notions. She displays genuine openness to the different and the new. As a reader, she gave me widely unfamiliar with the topics in this book, an opportunity to read an unbiased exposé of lifestyles and experiences often too "taboo" to be spoken about.