Product Description

Book Magazine called her "America's ranking connoisseur of sex, porn, and freedom of physical expression." Tristan Taormino exalted, "The absolute bomb" in The Village Voice. More discerning than any judge and far ahead of the curve, Susie Bright plucks the best stories from every genre to create her much-anticipated annual collection.

In The Best American Erotica 2004, Broadway superstar Alan Cumming tells of the deep knowing offered by one stranger to another after casual sex; in science fiction hotshot Geoffrey Landis's bawdy fairy tale, we learn about the very first penis; Touré's breathless prose poem sets us up with an evening's worth of erotic visitors; and in Jerry Stahl's story, a man recalls his boyhood fascination with his mother's friends and their elaborate undergarments.

Always taking her readers to undiscovered places, Bright never disappoints in giving them an uninhibited, something-for-everyone collection of the year's most divine erotica.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #424091 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Variations on the standard hook-up fantasy alternate with stories based on more elaborate, imaginative conceits in this year's edition of Bright's annual collection. One of the most amusing offerings is David R. Enoch's "Sex in Space: The Video," in which an astronaut seeks public revenge when his libidinous space lover cheats on him with another astronaut. John Yohe offers a more earthbound erotic turn in "They're for My Husband" when a woman takes her cross-dressing spouse shopping for lingerie, only to team up with the female sales clerk for an unexpected exercise in humiliation. More cutting humor is on display in James Strouse's "Joanie," in which a chubby 16-year-old girl finds a novel way to rebel against her parents when she is sent to feed the tropical fish of her father's out-of-town coworker. Magazine writer Tour chips in with a snappy piece of sex talk poetry titled "The Guest," and Broadway star Alan Cumming tells the story of a coke-fueled romp that ends in tears; other contributors include Geoffrey Landis, Jerry Stahl and Maggie Estep. Some entries disappoint with by-the-numbers plotting, but the quality of the writing is generally high, and Bright's quick-hit format offers plenty of instant gratification.
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Review
In TouchWith stories that portray every kind of sexual encounter imaginable, there is always something to stimulate the mind and more. Sit back, take a bite, and enjoy.

Review
In Touch With stories that portray every kind of sexual encounter imaginable, there is always something to stimulate the mind and more. Sit back, take a bite, and enjoy.

Customer Reviews

Same writers, same uninteresting crap
Ms. Bright seems to have made her fortune with this annual volume and though I haven't read it since 1998 or so, I did get this one as a gift and was profoundly disappointed. I've read much better erotica in other books that didn't claim to be the "best." I think, really, this series is pretty overrated.

yawner
Some peole love this collection because it has a taste of something for everybody. But that also means that you are only likely to find a few stories to your personal taste. I was bored through most of the stories. I love susie bright, but her name wont be enough for me to purchase on a whim anymore.

By far the most overrated series in the history of erotica
Once again Susie supposed tastemaker of erotica Bright has thrown together a collection of mundane and not particularly well-written smut that should have stayed on the top shelf where it belongs instead of being printed by a reputable publisher. Like her previous volumes, there is little in this cheesy collection to redeem it. Can anybody spell "hack"? If this is the best American erotica, I'd hate to see the worst. Hang it up, Susie!