The Best of Best American Erotica 2008
15th Anniversary Edition
ï»'
Introduction
This is the fifteenth anniversary of The Best American Erotica series, and my last turn as editor.
Whew.
In this volume, I've invited some of my favorite storytellers to make an encore appearance. I interviewed each author, and asked:
What inspired you to write your story in the first place? How do you see it, now, compared to when you first wrote it?
When Debra Boxer first penned "Innocence in Extremis," she was deliberately and publicly a virgin. When Greta Christina wrote "Are We Having Sex Now or What?" she demanded to know what authentic sexual connection was made of in the first place.
I think my answer to Greta's question was, "If you have to ask, you're probably in the thick of it." Editing this series, for example, is one of the best sexual experiences I've ever had, and I'm not being coy.
So how have I changed, as BAE's editor, in the past fifteen years?
When I was thirty-five, I had a new baby on my hip. I got a phone call from an editor in New York who said, "I hear you know more about erotic literature than anyone else in the country."
I shifted baby Aretha to the other side. "Well, if that's true, tha ... read full excerpt from: The Best of Best American Erotica 2008: 15th Anniversary Edition ebook
