"They had to go and say they didn't want to associate with 'a new erotic spanking novel'? That's unnecessary because it implies prudish, conservative sentiments on gender and sexuality. It also seems to disparage the legitimate genre of erotica," Matthews said in an email. "So I wrote a 'spanking novel'—who cares? What's really important here, are the issues. Economic strangulation in Chicago and elsewhere expressed through cuts to education and other public resources—these are life-and-death matters. If erotic fiction can help raise these issues in new, creative ways, that's what I care about."

Matthews is already planning on following up his first novel with a political thriller about ISIS

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