Praise for Paradise Lust A pleasure. Wilensky-Lanford tackles her subject with an appealing mix of serious research and tongue-in-cheek humor. Neither too academic nor too whimsical, the storytelling in Paradise Lust is often irresistible.--The New York Times Dense, absorbing... Wilensky-Lanford's] interest in her subject is deep, her narrative is expertly layered, and her interpretations of the seekers'...