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{{Short description|Non-fiction book by Franklin Veaux, Eve Rickert and Andrea Zanin}}
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| caption = Cover of the first edition
| author = Franklin Veaux,<br />Eve Rickert
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*1st ed. Franklin Veaux, Eve Rickert
*2nd ed. Eve Rickert, Andrea Zanin
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| illustrator =
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| cover_artist = Paul Mendoza, Thorntree Press
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*1st ed. Paul Mendoza
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| country = USA
*2nd ed. Eugenia Zoloto
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*1st ed. USA
*2nd ed. Canada
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| language = English
| language = English
| series =
| series = More Than Two Essentials
| subject = [[Polyamory]], [[open relationships]], [[human sexuality]]
| subject = [[Polyamory]], [[open relationships]], [[human sexuality]]
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| publisher = Thorntree Press
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*1st ed. 2014 (Thorntree Press)
| pub_date = September 2, 2014
*2nd ed. 2024 (Thornapple Press)
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| media_type = Print (hardback, paperback, & [[audiobook]])
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'''''More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory ''''' is a [[non-fiction]] [[book]] about [[consensual]] [[Non-monogamy|non-monogamous]] [[Intimate relationship|relationships]], written by Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert. The foreword is written by [[Janet Hardy]], co-author of ''[[The Ethical Slut]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thorntreepress.com/more-than-two/|title=More Than Two |publisher=Thorntree Press}}</ref> The book shares the same name as Veaux's website MoreThanTwo.com, which he launched in 1997 as a resource about [[polyamory]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.morethantwo.com/about|title=About – More Than Two|work=More Than Two}}</ref>
'''''More Than Two''''' is a [[non-fiction]] [[book]] about [[consensual]] [[Non-monogamy|non-monogamous]] [[Intimate relationship|relationships]]. The first edition, ''More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory,'' written by Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert, was published in 2014 by Thorntree Press, a publishing company founded by the authors. It included a foreword by [[Janet Hardy]], co-author of ''[[The Ethical Slut]]''. A new foreword by Jessica Fern, author of ''Polysecure'', was added to the eighth printing in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://thornapplepress.ca/more-than-two|title=More Than Two |publisher=Thornapple Press}}</ref> In February 2024, Rickert announced that she had acquired the rights to the book and that a new edition, ''More Than Two, Second Edition: Cultivating Nonmonogamous Relationships with Kindness and Integrity,'' written with co-author Andrea Zanin, would be published September of that year by her publishing company, Thornapple Press.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://brighterthansunflowers.com/2024/02/08/the-book-more-than-two-turns-ten-and-gets-a-second-edition/ |title= The book More Than Two turns ten—and gets a second edition |date= February 9, 2024 |publisher=Eve Rickert}}</ref>

The book shares the same name as, but no content with,<ref>{{cite web |title= Franklin and…err…some chick. |url= https://www.morethantwo.com/blog/2015/08/franklin-and-err-some-chick |publisher=Franklin Veaux |language=en |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150907222458/https://www.morethantwo.com/blog/2015/08/franklin-and-err-some-chick |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Veaux's website MoreThanTwo.com, which he launched in 1997 under the name Xeromag as a resource about [[polyamory]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.morethantwo.com/about|title=About – More Than Two|publisher=Franklin Veaux}}</ref> and with Rickert's website MoreThanTwo.ca. "More Than Two" is also the name of a series of books on consensual nonmonogamy curated by Rickert and published by Thornapple Press.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://morethantwo.ca/|title=More Than Two Canada|publisher=Eve Rickert}}</ref> Thornapple Press holds trademarks in the name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brighterthansunflowers.com/more-than-two/|title=More Than Two – Brighter Than Sunflowers|publisher=Eve Rickert}}</ref> In January 2023, the Relationship Bill of Rights from ''More Than Two'' was released into the public domain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brighterthansunflowers.com/the-relationship-bill-of-rights-from-more-than-two/|title=Relationship Bill of Rights – Brighter Than Sunflowers|publisher=Eve Rickert}}</ref>

== Reception ==
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The first edition of ''More Than Two'' received positive reviews within polyamorous communities upon publication.<ref>{{cite web |title=*More Than Two* reviews, and getting it into libraries |url=https://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2014/07/more-than-two-review-and-getting-it.html |publisher=Polyamory in the News |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=More Than Two, latest news & reviews |url=https://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2014/08/more-than-two-latest-news-reviews.html |publisher=Polyamory in the News |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=More Than Two in the media: new roundup |url=https://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2014/10/more-than-two-in-media.html |publisher=Polyamory in the News |access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref> The book was a finalist in the Family & Relationships category for the 2014 Indiefab Awards (later rebranded as the Foreword INDIES).<ref>{{cite news |title=2014 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Family & Relationships (Adult Nonfiction) |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/finalists/2014/family-and-relationships/ |publisher=Foreword Reviews |access-date=30 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Foreword Book of the Year Submission Open |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/marketing/issue/985209/ |publisher=Foreword Reviews |access-date=30 October 2018}}</ref>

The second edition received a positive review from ''Kirkus Reviews'',<ref>{{cite news |title=More Than Two, Second Edition: Cultivating Nonmonogamous Relationships with Kindness and Integrity |url= https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eve-rickert/more-than-two-second-edition/ |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |access-date=17 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref> along with numerous endorsements from authors and others working in fields that intersect with nonmonogamous issues.<ref>{{cite web |title=More Than Two, Second Edition |url= https://thornapplepress.ca/books/more-than-two/ |publisher=Thornapple Press |access-date=17 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref>


== Criticism of First Edition ==
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''More than Two'' received positive reviews within polyamorous communities upon publication.<ref>{{cite web |title=*More Than Two* reviews, and getting it into libraries |url=https://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2014/07/more-than-two-review-and-getting-it.html |publisher=Polyamory in the News |accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=More Than Two, latest news & reviews |url=https://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2014/08/more-than-two-latest-news-reviews.html |publisher=Polyamory in the News |accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=More Than Two in the media: new roundup |url=https://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2014/10/more-than-two-in-media.html |publisher=Polyamory in the News |accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref> The book was a finalist in the Family & Relationships category for the 2014 Indiefab Awards (later rebranded as the Foreword INDIES).<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Family & Relationships (Adult Nonfiction) |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/finalists/2014/family-and-relationships/ |publisher=Foreword Reviews |accessdate=30 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Foreword Book of the Year Submission Open |url=https://www.forewordreviews.com/marketing/issue/985209/ |publisher=Foreword Reviews |accessdate=30 October 2018}}</ref>
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In 2019, a group of people including seven of Veaux's former partners, including ''More Than Two'' co-author Rickert and three of the women whom Veaux had told personal stories about in the first edition of ''More Than Two'' and in Veaux's memoir, ''The Game Changer'', went public describing abusive and harmful behaviors from Veaux over the course of their relationships with him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Abuse Happens in Polyamory, Too |date=August 20, 2019 |url=https://thebfmag.com/polyamory/abuse-in-polyamory |publisher=The BF Mag |access-date=30 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The accusations led to a critical analysis of both books by author Kali Tal,<ref>{{cite web |title="My Life Belongs to Me": Reading the Polyamory Narratives of Franklin Veaux Against the Relationship Testimony of Two of His Ex-Nesting Partners |url=https://medium.com/@kalital/my-life-belongs-to-me-reading-the-polyamory-narratives-of-franklin-veaux-against-the-84be142aa8a1 |publisher=Kali Tal |access-date=12 August 2019 |language=en |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812145807/https://medium.com/@kalital/my-life-belongs-to-me-reading-the-polyamory-narratives-of-franklin-veaux-against-the-84be142aa8a1 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> who has published extensively regarding [[psychological trauma]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kalital.com/publications/ |title=Kali Tal - Publications |access-date=21 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>


Rickert published a re-analysis of parts of ''More Than Two'' on her own blog, explaining how she had come to understand how some ideas within the book had developed from dysfunctional aspects of her relationship with Veaux.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thoughts on the Fifth Anniversary of More Than Two |date=September 2, 2019 |url=https://brighterthansunflowers.com/2019/09/02/thoughts-on-the-fifth-anniversary-of-more-than-two/ |publisher=Eve Rickert |access-date=30 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What I Got Wrong in More Than Two: The Dark Night of the Soul |date=November 30, 2019 |url=https://brighterthansunflowers.com/2019/11/29/what-i-got-wrong-in-more-than-two-the-dark-night-of-the-soul/ |publisher=Eve Rickert |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230622215106/https://brighterthansunflowers.com/2019/11/29/what-i-got-wrong-in-more-than-two-the-dark-night-of-the-soul/ |access-date=16 June 2024 |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In the second of these analyses, she referenced another essay about an abusive polyamorous relationship that described how some unspecified, popular polyamory guides had been used to support abuse.<ref>{{cite web |title=I was in a polyamorous and abusive relationship for 7 years and here's what I learned |date=January 15, 2020 |url=https://medium.com/polyamory-today/i-was-in-a-polyamorous-and-abusive-relationship-for-7-years-heres-what-i-learned-5d87d6f57acd |publisher=Inês Rôlo |access-date=21 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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In 2019, a group of Franklin Veaux's former partners and others, including ''More than Two'' co-author Eve Rickert and three of the women whom Veaux had told personal stories about in ''More than Two'' and in Veaux's memoir, ''The Game Changer'', went public describing negative experiences with Veaux over the course of their relationships with him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Abuse Happens in Polyamory, Too |url=https://thebfmag.com/polyamory/abuse-in-polyamory |publisher=The BF Mag |accessdate=30 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The accusations led to other critical analyses of the book.<ref>{{cite web |title=“My Life Belongs to Me”: Reading the Polyamory Narratives of Franklin Veaux Against the Relationship Testimony of Two of His Ex-Nesting Partners |url=https://link.medium.com/E4TXAk7ArX |publisher=Kali Tal |accessdate=30 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Rickert has since published on her own blog criticizing certain parts of ''More than Two'' and describing how the ideas within them contributed to negative experiences in her relationship with Veaux.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thoughts on the Fifth Anniversary of More Than Two |url=https://brighterthansunflowers.com/2019/09/02/thoughts-on-the-fifth-anniversary-of-more-than-two/ |publisher=Eve Rickert |accessdate=30 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What I Got Wrong in More Than Two: The Dark Night of the Soul |url=https://brighterthansunflowers.com/2019/11/29/what-i-got-wrong-in-more-than-two-the-dark-night-of-the-soul/ |publisher=Eve Rickert |accessdate=30 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
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[[Category:Ethics books]]
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Latest revision as of 01:16, 24 December 2024

More Than Two
Cover of the first edition
Author
  • 1st ed. Franklin Veaux, Eve Rickert
  • 2nd ed. Eve Rickert, Andrea Zanin
Cover artist
  • 1st ed. Paul Mendoza
  • 2nd ed. Eugenia Zoloto
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMore Than Two Essentials
SubjectPolyamory, open relationships, human sexuality
Published
  • 1st ed. 2014 (Thorntree Press)
  • 2nd ed. 2024 (Thornapple Press)
Publication place
  • 1st ed. USA
  • 2nd ed. Canada
Media typePrint (hardback, paperback, & audiobook)
Pages496
ISBN978-0-9913997-0-3

More Than Two is a non-fiction book about consensual non-monogamous relationships. The first edition, More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory, written by Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert, was published in 2014 by Thorntree Press, a publishing company founded by the authors. It included a foreword by Janet Hardy, co-author of The Ethical Slut. A new foreword by Jessica Fern, author of Polysecure, was added to the eighth printing in 2022.[1] In February 2024, Rickert announced that she had acquired the rights to the book and that a new edition, More Than Two, Second Edition: Cultivating Nonmonogamous Relationships with Kindness and Integrity, written with co-author Andrea Zanin, would be published September of that year by her publishing company, Thornapple Press.[2]

The book shares the same name as, but no content with,[3] Veaux's website MoreThanTwo.com, which he launched in 1997 under the name Xeromag as a resource about polyamory,[4] and with Rickert's website MoreThanTwo.ca. "More Than Two" is also the name of a series of books on consensual nonmonogamy curated by Rickert and published by Thornapple Press.[5] Thornapple Press holds trademarks in the name.[6] In January 2023, the Relationship Bill of Rights from More Than Two was released into the public domain.[7]

Reception

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The first edition of More Than Two received positive reviews within polyamorous communities upon publication.[8][9][10] The book was a finalist in the Family & Relationships category for the 2014 Indiefab Awards (later rebranded as the Foreword INDIES).[11][12]

The second edition received a positive review from Kirkus Reviews,[13] along with numerous endorsements from authors and others working in fields that intersect with nonmonogamous issues.[14]

Criticism of First Edition

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In 2019, a group of people including seven of Veaux's former partners, including More Than Two co-author Rickert and three of the women whom Veaux had told personal stories about in the first edition of More Than Two and in Veaux's memoir, The Game Changer, went public describing abusive and harmful behaviors from Veaux over the course of their relationships with him.[15] The accusations led to a critical analysis of both books by author Kali Tal,[16] who has published extensively regarding psychological trauma.[17]

Rickert published a re-analysis of parts of More Than Two on her own blog, explaining how she had come to understand how some ideas within the book had developed from dysfunctional aspects of her relationship with Veaux.[18][19] In the second of these analyses, she referenced another essay about an abusive polyamorous relationship that described how some unspecified, popular polyamory guides had been used to support abuse.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "More Than Two". Thornapple Press.
  2. ^ "The book More Than Two turns ten—and gets a second edition". Eve Rickert. February 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "Franklin and…err…some chick". Franklin Veaux. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "About – More Than Two". Franklin Veaux.
  5. ^ "More Than Two Canada". Eve Rickert.
  6. ^ "More Than Two – Brighter Than Sunflowers". Eve Rickert.
  7. ^ "Relationship Bill of Rights – Brighter Than Sunflowers". Eve Rickert.
  8. ^ "*More Than Two* reviews, and getting it into libraries". Polyamory in the News. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "More Than Two, latest news & reviews". Polyamory in the News. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "More Than Two in the media: new roundup". Polyamory in the News. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  11. ^ "2014 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Family & Relationships (Adult Nonfiction)". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  12. ^ "Foreword Book of the Year Submission Open". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  13. ^ "More Than Two, Second Edition: Cultivating Nonmonogamous Relationships with Kindness and Integrity". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  14. ^ "More Than Two, Second Edition". Thornapple Press. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  15. ^ "Abuse Happens in Polyamory, Too". The BF Mag. August 20, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  16. ^ ""My Life Belongs to Me": Reading the Polyamory Narratives of Franklin Veaux Against the Relationship Testimony of Two of His Ex-Nesting Partners". Kali Tal. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  17. ^ "Kali Tal - Publications". Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  18. ^ "Thoughts on the Fifth Anniversary of More Than Two". Eve Rickert. September 2, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  19. ^ "What I Got Wrong in More Than Two: The Dark Night of the Soul". Eve Rickert. November 30, 2019. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  20. ^ "I was in a polyamorous and abusive relationship for 7 years and here's what I learned". Inês Rôlo. January 15, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2021.


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