The Best American Erotica 1997

by Susie Bright (Editor), Marcy Sheiner (Contributor)

The Best American Erotica 1997 is the ideal collection for all lovers of first-rate erotic literature. Edited by Susie Bright, whom the Utne Reader calls "one of the leading thinkers and visionaries of our time," this fifth annual edition of a bestselling series brings together the most outstanding erotic writing of the year.
CONTRIBUTORS - Lauren P. Burka, Ivy Topiary, Mark Stuertz, Thomas Roche, Rose White and Eric Albert, Bob Vickery, Tsaurah Litzky, loana dp valencia, Nancy Kilpatrick, Michael Lowenthal, Serena Moloch, Marcy Sheiner, Stephen Spotte, Simon Sheppard, Joe Maynard, Bill Brent, Ted Blumberg, Lucy Taylor, E. R. Stewart, Isobel Bird, Allegra Long, M. Christian

Genres: Erotica, Short Stories, Fiction, Sexuality, Collections

272 pages, Paperback

Published October 8, 1997

About the author

Susannah "Susie" Bright (also known as Susie Sexpert) is a writer, speaker, teacher, audio-show host, performer, all on the subject of sexuality. She is one of the first writers/activists referred to as a sex-positive feminist.

Reviews

[HeavyReader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Favorite stories in this collection are

"What He Did" (bisexual guy has sex with his boyfriend and female co-worker with mild goth tendencies; boyfriend gets slighly obsessed with female co-worker)

"Queer Punk" (queer punk guy meets queer punk guy and they have hot queer punk guy sex)

"Virtue Is Its Own Reward" (the plot is not even important)

"The Case of the Demon Lover" and "The Butch's New Clothes" really creeped me out for depictions of non-consensual sex.

[Christine]

The first tale in this book, "Mate: Being a tale of love, pain, sex, relationships, and boring goverment jobs," is my favorite out of all the BAE books.

[Robin]

This collection has something for everyone. Some of its stories are pure "brain candy." Yet most of the stories go beyond erotica: this is really imaginative literature!

[Lisa James · Rating 3 out of 5]

As erotica goes, I actually found the stories more amusing than sexy, but some of them were hot in spots, still worth the read :)