The Best American Erotica: The 10th Anniversary Edition

By: Susie Bright, Jill Soloway, Dorothy Allison

Narrated by: Susie Bright, Amanda Karr, Stefan Rudnicki

Featuring erotic stories by Dorothy Allison, Zane, Chuck Palahniuk, and Jill Soloway.

PLUS: Candid interviews with America's top erotic writers, like you've never heard them before.

The 10th anniversary edition of The Best American Erotica includes the most esteemed and lascivious writers at work today.

Dorothy Allison explores the wonderful, mysterious abilities of the human hand, and Zane's corporate tigress plays mind games that make other office shenanigans look like mere games of Candyland.

In candid Q&As, the authors reveal that they are great-grandfathers, prostitutes with Ivy League diplomas, and former lunatic asylum attendants.

Included in this collection:

• "The Baby Sitter" by Martha Miller
• Excerpt from Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
• "The Man in the Grey Flannel Tights" by Susan St. Aubin
• "Nasty" by Mel Smith
• "A Live One" by Greta Christina
• "In the Giraffe House..." by Robert Irwin
• "Ponyboy" by James Williams
• "How We Did It" by Susan Volchok
• "Hombrecito" by Myriam Gurba
• "The Everlasting Secret First Family of F--k" by Vaginal Davis
• "The Erotic Adventures of Jim and Louella Parsons" by Bertice Berry
• "What She Did With Her Hands" by Dorothy Allison
• "Three Bears in a Tub" by Jack Fritscher
• "How to Make a Cake" by Lisa Wolfe
• "Courteney Cox's Asshole" by Jill Soloway
• Excerpt from Snow by Dagoberto Gilb
• "Mergers&Acquisitions" by Zane
• "Semen in a Bullet" by Scott
• "Johnny" by Alison L. Smith
• "The Word Nebraska" by Tennessee Jones

Previously published as Best American Erotica 2003.

Turn on! Listen to more in the Best American Erotica series.©2003 Susie Bright (P)2003 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Bottom line: funky, sexy, reading." (Bust)
"(Susie Bright) is the absolute bomb." (Tristan Taormino, The Village Voice)

some ok some not

I enjoyed the stories that I found were my cup of tea, and skipped the others, but isn't that always the way in these type of compilations. I feel you will get your moneys worth but don't expect to like all of the stories.

Disappointed

Sorry,

I'm a huge fan of Susie Bright, but I didn't enjoy this. Production-wise, I didn't like the fact that each new story started abruptly, actually before you realized that the last one was over. If there had been a longer silence, or preferably some music, it would have flowed better.

Fun Stories to Pick and Choose From

This is a good collection of erotic stories. Not every story is to my taste so I just skip forward as desired. Some are hard core and others fairly tame. I agree that the stories begin and end abrubtly and would prefer a more recognizable gap between them. If you enjoy written erotica, this is worth a try.

What happened to BAE 2002?

Seeing the title 'erotica' lends my imagination that Susie Bright will once again provide the listener/reader with enjoyable product. This was a good listen. I only hope that the "Best of ..." series will continue to bring us past as well as future editions.

Do Not Waste Your Time

This is a ridiculous book, not erotica but more of a laborious accouting of how good certain authors are and how the book came together, mostly gay and mostly boring. Do not waste your time.