[Books] The Best of the Best American Erotica 2008
A few months ago I was lucky enough to get to go to Susie Bright’s 50th birthday party. After a reading for The Best of the Best American Erotica 2008, we all crammed into cabs to go to a very cool tiki bar across the bay. Sitting on the lap of a bona-fide BAE author, legs flung across another one’s lap, I was surrounded by kinky talent, everyone completely comfortable with discussing the finer points of erotica (even if we weren’t the most physically comfortable in that cab). Ms. Bright is an expert at selecting the finest caliber of erotica, and it was neat to find out that the erotica is also written by the finest caliber of person, too.
The Best of the Best American Erotica 2008 is the last edition of the series that will be edited by Susie Bright, and while that makes me incredibly sad (I love her taste in erotica!), I am happy about the astounding quality of this last anthology of fiction. She did not limit herself to erotica only written in the past year (though there is some of it and it’s fabulous; don’t miss Haddayr Copley-Woods’ “The Desires of Houses”) but dipped into the past to include erotica written before the series started in 1993, as well as favorites from other BAE’s along the way. The whole work reads like a love song to the world of erotica, and it’s fascinating to read these stories and consider the huge contribution Susie Bright has made to bringing erotic literature into the limelight. Fans of the series, fans of erotica in general and those who like their wank material very well-written should not miss out on the 15th Anniversary Edition of this famous series. Recommended!
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