Deeper Shade of Sex : The Best in Black Erotic Writing

by Martin, Reginald

• ISBN13: 9781562015046
• ISBN10: 1562015044
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-15
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

A Deeper Shade of Sex explores erotic possibilities as imagined and reported by more than 70 authors, both well known and emerging. This collection, including poetry, fiction, and essays, covers a compelling breadth of styles and emotions in contemporary African American writing. As editor Reginald Martin notes, "The pieces collected in this volume throb with the tempo and tenor of writers who have defined the erotic verve of our urban times. Los Angeles, New York City, Miami, New Orleans every place there is a bus line or dance club has produced African-American eroticism . . ."

Author Biography

Lenard D. Moore, the most acclaimed African-American haiku writer of the twentieth century was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. degree from Shaw University. Moore is a poet, playwright, essayist, book reviewer, and fiction writer. While he is best known for his book Forever Home, he is also the author of Desert Storm: A Brief History. He is the founder and executive director of the Carolina African-American Writer's Collective and is the founding publishing editor of Earlobe.

Table of Contents

Introduction--``A Deeper Shade of Sex and The Erotic Essence''	1	(10)
Dr. Reginald Martin
Phase 1: Sensuous Skyline
Sunday & Ms. Fantasy	11	(6)
Frank Lamont Phillips
Untitled	17	(2)
Jennifer Holley
Gail & John	19	(1)
Winston Benons, Jr.
Encountering Ecstasy	20	(4)
Linda White
Phase 2: Getting My Freak On
Ed's Gumbo #3	24	(2)
Valinda Johnson Brown
The Film Teacher	26	(22)
Cecil Brown
Susanne's Soma	48	(7)
C. Liegh Mclnnis
A Reenactment of a Real Love Poem	55	(7)
Nadir Lasana Bomani
Phase 3: Situation #9
The Thing	62	(5)
Leah Jewel Reynolds
Shrimp Etoufee	67	(2)
Valinda Johnson Brown
Do Right Women: Black Women, Eroticism and Classic Blues	69	(25)
Kalamu ya Salaam
Sometimes I Wish	94	(4)
Bryan Davis
Phase 4: Vulvous Evenings
All the Things You Are	98	(17)
Playthell Benjamin
Lotion	115	(3)
Danita Beck
Cutting	118	(7)
Niama Leslie JoAnn Williams
36 Seconds	125	(5)
Bobby Lofton
Phase 5: The Real Truth On That
Dreamwork/Eros Sections	130	(2)
Jerry W. Ward, Jr.
Winnefred's Mother	132	(8)
Glenn Joshua
His Side	140	(4)
Sharon A. Lewis
The Assistant	144	(4)
Gilda N. Squire
Phase 6: The Jimmy Hat and All That
Dirty Diana	148	(5)
Rae-Ree Richards
Monica	153	(3)
Cheri Daughtery
Acid Black	156	(18)
Scott Jackson
Conversion: A Most Religious Experience	174	(5)
Saddi Khali
Phase 7: Erotic Abstractions
Why I Play with My Cunt	179	(2)
Lovechild
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements	181	(7)
Calvin Baker
Malkai's Last Seduction	188	(12)
Kiini Ibura Salaam
Ain't Going Back No More	200	(18)
Hughes Jones
Untitled	218	(1)
Winston Benons, Jr.
Afterword: ``New Tales, New Blackness: Constructing the Whole Self Through Eroticism''	219
Lenard D. Moore