Erotique Noire

by Miriam DeCosta-Willis and Reginald Martin

Book Overview

A collective work of art whose time has come. Of lasting value for all lovers of literature and the erotic, this is a glorious, groundbreaking celebration of black sensuality, including works by Alice... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038542308X
• ISBN13: 9780385423083
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Read and then go find your partner

Erotique Noir is a tool in the world of love, lust and sex. Among these pages there is something for everyone and just like in sex, where no one should walk away disappointed, with this book you won't.Erotique Noir has a host of different artist from the African Diaspora who explore different forms of sensuality and sexuality. This anthology is filled with short stories, poems, book excerpts, and antidotes. It even has a sexual horoscope so that you may discover where some of your sexual proclivities hail from. Some of the stories deal more with innuendos and their sexuality is beautifully written in lyrical languages. Others are right out there with it, using sexual language that is so bold and exciting it will have you turning on your ceiling fan.No matter who you are this book can cater to you as a sexual being. However be warned, it's not for the faint at heart or those unwilling to open their minds beyond their bedrooms. Also it helps if you have your partner near by. Enjoy!...

Collections and activity suggestions are outstanding

What makes this collection stand out so profounding, havign been out for years is not only that it's African_American but that it's good. It's intelligent. From poetry to fiction to experiemntal pieces that confront the reader with concepts of race to sex and back again.This book in no way apologizes nor quite celebrates in a verbose way, it more of seduces and suggests and laughs and tickles and plays with the whole genre of race and sexuality themes and questions. It takes the question of what particularly ...[African-American]folks find erotic and displays it as Gypsy Rose Lee did, suggesting, throwing out the vulgar as possible, and then going even further and winking and crooking a finger.You laugh out loud and then shift with a dark smile.I give it constantly as a gift and spend more time replacing my own copy as it keeps getting pinched. There is something about African-American sexuality that fascinates like aliens on Mars. Erotique Noir is strong enough of an anthology to not pander into this racist fetish but instead stare it boldly in the eye and ask whether or not it can handle this story or that poem or this one haiku.And as an absolute party activity you have to pass around the Sex Signs section and everyone must read theirs aloud. Can't be too many people, I've found that about 10 tops but somehow it frees people up to really have a ribauld discussion, a Q & A and even a rveelation or two that puts people at ease about things we all want to talk about or have questions about.A wonderful book.

my, it's getting soooo hot in here...

i rarely read books more than once...if i do, it's because i have missed something or i may have not gotten the story or i may have liked it so much that i wanted to experience it again...this is a book i have bought and read more than once...it is that good. when i first read it, i had not read alot of erotica, especially black erotica, and i love sex. so when i thumbed through it and saw erotic poetry along with fiction and essays, i didn't think twice about it. i had never know black people could be so free and open with their sexuality. in this anthology, the black writers define their own sexuality, not white people. the tastes here range from tasteful, to freaky. there's something here for everybody: masturbation, gay and lesbian,bondage, interracial. i have always had an interest in interracial stories.and the ones by trey ellis and chester himes here are my favorites.audre lorde has an excellent essay on the erotic here. yana west has a couple of stories that will definately get a rise out of you. these black writers are here to share their erotic fruits. savor them.

JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT EROTICISM WAS DEAD

THIS BOOK IS TRULY A MUST READ, MY COPY IS SO THUMBED THROUGH UNTIL I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ORDER ANOTHER ONE. THIS IS TRULY EROTIC. THIS IS A BOOK THAT ANYONE CALLING THEMSELVES A TRUE LOVER WOULD WANT TO READ. IT FUNNY, ROMANTIC AND AT TIMES NICE AND FREAKY, MY KIND A BOOK. MY FAVORITE IS "TEACH ME" AND "I HAVE A MEMORY" . I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO EVERYONE.

Seductively Tantalizing

I happened upon this book by accident many years ago, but each time I read Erotique Noire, it's just like the first time. I love reading it. This book puts me in the mood. My favorite poem is Insatiable and that's the way I feel everytime I pick up Erotique Noire . I really enjoy sharing the various stories with my friends and my lover, but I make them by their own copy. I won't let this book out of my sight for one moment. This book is awesome, thought provoking and well written. It is a definite page turner. If you don't have your own copy, get it.