The Best American Erotica 2007

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang2057\fs18 Guided by the genius of Susie Bright, 'the avatar of American erotica' \fs20 (\i New York Times\i0\fs18 ), the \i\fs20 Best American Erotica\i0\fs18 series has sold an astonishing 450,000 copies. Now the latest edition promises to offer readers a whole new level of risqu\'e9 reading, mingling tales by the genre's most sought-after veterans and up-and-comers with some of the biggest names in contemporary literature. \par \par \i\fs20 Best American Erotica\i0\fs18 \i\fs20 2007 \i0\fs18 traces the 'Lolita Gap' - stories that show boomers reflecting on their past sexual glories while mightily trying to control the young people they envy. 'Envy', by Kathryn Harrison, features a psychiatrist who discovers that the one client he had sex with happens to be his long lost daughter. Dennis Cooper's 'The Sluts' tells the explicit story of an extraordinary young hustler working his Johns. And Jessica Cutler's novel 'The Washingtonienne' follows a young woman as she drags Washington's grey-haired elite down in to a scandal pit with nothing more than the crook of her pretty little finger. For readers who enjoy straight, gay, disciplined, and other forms of erotic fantasy, \i\fs20 Best American Erotica 2007\i0\fs18 brings the genre's greatest series to an exciting new climax. \par }

Susie Bright is the editor of The Best American Erotica series and host of the weekly audio show In Bed with Susie Bright on Audible.com. She has been a columnist for Playboy and Salon, and has been profiled in USA TODAY, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, and Vanity Fair, among other publications. An international lecturer on sexuality and feminism, she won the 2004 Writer of the Year Award at the Erotic Awards in London. Ms. Bright lives in Santa Cruz, California.