Best Women's Erotica 2002 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573441414 ISBN 13: 9781573441414

Publisher: Cleis Press, 2002

Synopsis

Sexy, smart and literate―these erotic stories are for readers who want to know the truth about women's sexuality in all its variety and emotional depth, with its surprises and twists and turns. With unashamed honesty and passionate intensity, Best Women's Erotica 2002 presents the year's hottest bedside reading.

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Review

While the editor of this fine annual collection, Marcy Sheiner, argues in her introduction that these stories dwell on "the darker side of sex"--revenge, anger, grief--there is a redemptive quality to passion that often outweighs whatever unworthy motives may have inspired the deed. Although there is plenty of frivolous, one-handed reading in this year's edition, many of the pieces included have the hallmarks of literary fiction; they are not merely about a sexual event, but offer a revelation of character through that event. Lisa Glatt's "Waste," Anne Tourney's "Rope Burn," and Susannah Indigo's "The Language of Snakes" would shine in any short story anthology. Yet even the simplest and most graphic stories here can surprise the reader with their casual illuminations. In Tabitha Flyte's "After Loss," for example, a young woman and her brother-in-law stumble into sex after returning from her father's funeral. When she first feels his comforting arms around her, she reflects on how differently men and women embrace: "When I am hugged by a woman I feel that the arms around me say, 'Yes, you can do it, you can.' When I am held by a man I feel that I am being told, 'No, you don't have to do it, you don't.'" A remarkable volume, evidence of the considerable talent being directed toward erotica in recent years. --Regina Marler

About the Author

Marcy Sheiner is the editor of the Best Women’s Erotica series and
The Oy of Sex: Jewish Women Write Erotica. She lives in Emeryville, CA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cleis Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1573441414
• ISBN 13: 9781573441414
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Sheiner Marcy