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. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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.

Book Description
APPEALING TO EVERY TASTE AND TYPE OF SEXUAL ARRANGEMENT, NOTHING IS TABOO AND ANYTHING GOES IN THIS CUTTING-EDGE COLLECTION EDITED BY SUSIE BRIGHT -- AMERICA'S TASTEMAKER OF EROTICA 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. CONTRIBUTORS CLAIRE TRISTRAM, STEVE ALMOND, SHARON WACHSLER, RACHEL KRAMER BUSSEL, ALAN CUMMING, DAVID R. ENOCH, DAWN O'HARA, BILL NOBLE, JOHN YOHE, A. W. HILL, SUSANNAH INDIGO, MAGGIE ESTEP, JAMESON CURRIER, R. GAY, RACHEL RESNICK, SIMON SHEPPARD, GEOFFREY A. LANDIS, JOY VANNUYS, TOURÉ, DOMINIC SANTI, JERRY STAHL, I. K. VELASCO, LISA MONTANARELLI, JAMES STROUSE

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"APPEALING TO EVERY TASTE AND TYPE OF SEXUAL ARRANGEMENT, NOTHING IS TABOO AND ANYTHING GOES IN THIS CUTTING-EDGE COLLECTION EDITED BY SUSIE BRIGHT -- AMERICA'S TASTEMAKER OF EROTICA 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. CONTRIBUTORS CLAIRE TRISTRAM, STEVE ALMOND, SHARON WACHSLER, RACHEL KRAMER BUSSEL, ALAN CUMMING, DAVID R. ENOCH, DAWN O'HARA, BILL NOBLE, JOHN YOHE, A. W. HILL, SUSANNAH INDIGO, MAGGIE ESTEP, JAMESON CURRIER, R. GAY, RACHEL RESNICK, SIMON SHEPPARD, GEOFFREY A. LANDIS, JOY VANNUYS, TOURÉ, DOMINIC SANTI, JERRY STAHL, I. K. VELASCO, LISA MONTANARELLI, JAMES STROUSE"

About the Author
Susie Bright is the editor of the Herotica books, which evolved into the Best American Erotica series. A former columnist for Playboy, Salon, and Libida, she is the host of a weekly audio show, In Bed with Susie Bright. An internationally renowned lecturer on sexuality and feminism, she won the 1999 Erotic Award for Best TV Documentary, Susie Bright, Sex Pest. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.

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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.

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