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Article: Black Silk: A Collection of African American Erotica

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March 1, 2002
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edited by Retha Powers

Warner, February 2002, $13.95

ISBN 0-446-67691-8

"There were lovers giggling in the A&P, nose to nose in the ATM line, holding on to each other in the Chinese laundry, slapping butts coming out of the YMCA, and the couple in front of me hadn't even stopped kissing long enough to answer how many coffees they wanted at Starbucks." This telltale line from Bil Wright's short story "Jalepe'o Love," which opens the latest contribution to black erotic fiction, sets the stage for this ambitious merging of delightfully diverse corporeal fantasy.

Powers' collection may just be the most daring compilation of erotica to date. Black Silk effectively pushes the sexual envelope ...

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