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The Best American Erotica, Volume 8: When the Student Is Ready

By: Susie Bright, Todd Belton, Marge Piercy
Narrated by: Susie Bright, Kathe Mazur, Stephen Hoye, Stefan Rudnicki
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Featuring erotic stories by: Marge Piercy, Nathan Englander, Jerry Stahl, Dani Shapiro, and M.J. Rose.

In The Best American Erotica, Volume 8, Marge Piercy introduces us to the nerd-kid sex club, Nathan Englander explores the addictive power of a peep show, Jerry Stahl relates a dare from an extremely demanding girlfriend, and Dani Shapiro proves the difference between the fantasy and the reality of losing your virginity.

Included in this collection:

  • "Expanding on an Idea" by Todd Belton
  • Excerpt from Three Women: "The New Kid" by Marge Piercy
  • "You Know What?" by Cara Bruce
  • "Sink" by Matt Bernstein Sycamore
  • "Greek Sex" by Tsaurah Litzky
  • Excerpt from Peep Show by Nathan Englander
  • "Fleshlight" by Joe Maynard
  • "Backstage Boys" by Wendy Becker
  • Excerpt from Perv: A Love Story by Jerry Stahl
  • "Bed of Leaves" by Dani Shapiro
  • "Spew Forth" by Dodie Bellamy
  • "Sunday" by Dan Taulapapa McMullin
  • "When the Student Is Ready" by Claire Tristram
  • Excerpt from Lip Service by M J Rose
  • "The Man Who Ate Women" by Damian Grace
  • "That's Awful, That's Nothing" by Wade Krueger
  • "Deflower" by Rosalind Christine Lloyd
  • "In This Corner" by Charles Flowers
  • "And Early to Rise" by Hanne Blank
  • "Rooster" by Jack Murnighan

Previously published as Best American Erotica 2001.

©2001 Susie Bright (P)2006 Audible, Inc. Personal Development

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"[Susie Bright is] the avatar of American erotica." (The New York Times)
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The first collection I read - the 2002 collection - I couldn't listen to the end. It was just too weird, too out of anything am used to, I just couldn't continue. This is better, maybe my sensitivity has dulled. Maybe because it's shorter. A number were a little too much for me though, but some I really liked - like the guy that offered himself for facesitting by 20 or so random women. I kept thinking, he did this for 2 hours??? Really? How didn't he suffocate?

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