Intimacy - Softcover

Fleming, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452284740 ISBN 13: 9780452284746

Publisher: Plume, 2004

Synopsis

Intimacy is a collection of erotica for couples that is an intoxicating romp through wild fantasies and sexual obsession and also a meditation on the vulnerability and security of those in a deeply involved and committed relationships. Exploring a wide variety of themes-the cycles of love and courtship, sexual secrets, adultery—this collection represents a broad spectrum of the African American experience. With contributions from award-winning authors, established writers, and the notable new voices, Intimacy is a powerfully seductive take on love and marriage from a truly unique perspective.

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About the Author

Robert Fleming has written for Essence, Black Enterprise, The Source, and The New York Times, among others. A former award-winning reporter for the New York Daily News, he is the author of The African American Writer's Handbook and The Wisdom of the Elders. His work was featured in Brown Sugar and he was the editor of After Hours (both from Plume).

Reviews

Inventive conceits dominate in Fleming's second collection of erotic stories (after 2002's After Hours) by African-American writers both new and established. Sexual frustration proves to be a nice point of entry for sci-fi writer Stephen Barnes in "Jet Lag," as a writer's busy schedule and a visiting mother-in-law keep the flames of love in check until a final, explosive release. Kinky sex takes center stage in Reginald Brown's "Almond Eyes," a cautionary tale about a young man whose hot, older and erotically adventurous girlfriend might be sucking the life out of him. In Gary Earl Ross's "Lucky She's Mine," a criminologist rescues and marries a battered woman, only to be stalked by her ex after he gets out of prison, while in "Forty-five Is Not So Old," Kalamu ya Salaam presents the sad dilemma of a middle-aged woman lamenting her husband's lack of desire for her even as he lies in a hotel with his mistress. Cecil Brown provides a cheeky moment of comic relief in an excerpt from his novel Days Without Weather, "A Fan's Love," in which a woman seduces a comedian after his show, and demands good loving and good jokes to spur her to a stirring climax. Despite the occasional clunker, and the lack of a couple of longer, more complex stories to balance the quick-hit situational material, Fleming has assembled another volume that's sure to please.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0452284740
• ISBN 13: 9780452284746
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288