Susie Bright's Journal

"I Came in Second Once, in a Competition for Shortest Hot Pants"

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:55:58 PST

In the 10th year of The Best American Erotica, we enjoyed some of the most memorable erotica ever published in the English language. We hit on best-seller lists and shit lists; we were hailed as both the decline of fine literature and as the end of hallowed traditions in mediocre...

Checking Out: Sally Binford and the Planned Suicide

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:31:18 PDT

I received Sally Binford’s good-bye letter the day after her body was found. To those I love-- Most of you know that for some time I've been planning to check out—not out of despair or depression, but a desire to end things well. I've been lucky enough to have had...

The Supermodel Baby Vs. Her Evil Twisted Twin

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:31:30 PST

One of the events that's emerged over the last year is what I call "the beautiful-people backlash." In so many stories I've read for the new millenium BAE, the plot turns on a character who-- for either supernatural or quite pedestrian reasons-- is physically grotesque. Ugly people seem to be...

The Best She Ever Had: Eavesdropping on Polyamory and the Open Relationship

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:26:50 PDT

I asked Jon to tell me more about Carrie. The wind carried voices from the cafe brunchers onto our beach spot, but I could pull another towel over my head and listen only to him. “Well, she said a lot of nice things about me— she’s... complimentary.” “Like what?” I...

"The Perfect Book for Intellectual Sex Freaks." - Sarah Silverman

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:52:34 PST

There are certain lessons that are the catnip of erotic literature. "Be careful what you wish for" is a perfect example. It's an axiom that must have originated in lust. There's no other crazy yearning besides sex that makes people so sure that if they could possess just one thing,...

The Impact of "Nothing But the Girl: The Blatant Lesbian Image"

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:07:12 PST

Wonderfully titillating, January 3, 2011 I bought this book as a gift for my girlfriend. I was looking for a book of photos; something like a coffeetable book and this was perfect! The images captured are fantastic and the subject matter is raw. It is not just pretty pictures of...

Bon Christmas a Tou’l Monde!

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:51:00 PST

Here is Justin Wilson reciting Tee Jules' (Jules A. d' Hemecourt IV) Cajun Night Before Christmas. Recorded in his memory, Mr. d' Hemecourt passed away in February, 2008. Check out the album Merry Christmas Cajun if you want some more!

Suzy Snowflake Loves You!

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:55:00 PST

From the BroadcastMuseum: On December 28, 1953, Chicago area kids were introduced to the whimsical story of Suzy Snowflake "tap, tap, tappin'" on every windowpane, seen on "Garfield Goose and Friends" then on WBBM-TV. Suzy too was brought to life by the stop-motion animators of Centaur Productions. Norma Zimmer was...

My Favorite Audiobooks I Listened to This Year

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:29:03 PST

1Q84 Hitch 22: A Memoir Moneyball Red Harvest Dog of the South Beat The Reaper The Help True Grit The Driver's Seat The Marriage Plot ...And of course, my own collection, but that's different! I loved reading and casting them all!

Literary Erotic Fiction That Doesn't Beat the Clock

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:51:42 PST

Get in, get out, don't linger. It sounds like a pornographic maxim, but it's actually Raymond Carver's axiom about how to craft the perfect short story. Erotic literature, in our lifetimes, has usually fit his bill. It's short, all right. Sexy stories have typically been told in punch lines, bawdy...

"Please, No More Men With Big Throbbing Thighs." - R. Crumb

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:36:00 PST

I'm the woman who loves mail too much. In porno parlance, I'd say I have a big blue box with a red flag that begs to be stuffed. Bills do not count. Flyers offering me 4.9% interest for six seconds or season-end catalogs for ladies' cotton underwear also do not...

One Girl's Memories of the Live Sex Act at Show World

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:37:28 PDT

—December 89 In Times Square Comes Alive, a perky white couple who perform in the love act booth talk about how they keep a variety in their act, and then show the camera a robust performance. My own experience in 1984 was on the other side of the moon. My...

Blind-Sexual

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:44:21 PST

The bisexual dream: a lover in perfect harmony with the duality of human nature; sensitive to male and female desires, basking in the sensuality of each sex. That's what I believed when I first considered my bisexuality. I was sixteen; I had just been kissed, and in my case, it...

The Carpet Matches the Drapes Matches the Beautiful Spanish Moss

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:56:28 PST

I entered Savannah at 11:38, give or take. Savannah's legs, like Savannah's oaks, had a pleasing reach and fetch. "Your convergent canopy reminds me of Spanish moss," I remarked. "Spanish Moss" Stephen Spotte Best American Erotica 1997 "I know," she replied. "I meant to dye it red like the rest...

"Very Attractive Blonde Looking for Female Playmate. Boyfriend Wants to Watch."

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:12:00 PST

I met Cheryl through an ad in the newspaper. It said something like, "Very attractive blonde looking for female playmate. Boyfriend wants to watch." —Yeah, my boyfriend wanted to watch, too. "Low-Cut" By Lisa Palac Best American Erotica 1995 The first time I tried answering a personal ad looking for...

From the Vaults of The X-Rated Advisor

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:38:00 PST

Q: It is my pleasure to write to you. I’m a big fan of yours. As an adult-film adviser, you are the best. My favorite erotic fantasies are of an attractive female getting raped by a strong man. Are there any tapes of this kind? I deeply thank you for...

Strip Tea Party: A Ladies' Literary Salon with Six Naked Silent Slaveboys

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:51:55 PDT

You know how hard it is to get good service nowadays. Chivalry is a corpse, discretion is unheard of, and elegance—elegance is currently defined by advertisements for discount furniture. A wellbred woman might spend her entire maturity never once hearing the words "May I be of service to you?"—although she...

Gertrude Stein and Peppermint Patty on Thanksgiving

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:36:21 PST

“Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.” —Gertrude Stein Susie's Thanksgiving Hall of Fame: If You Want to End War and Stuff You Got to Sing Loud Nothing Says Thanksgiving Like Baked Apple With A Marshmallow Buttplug Gonna Lay That Devil Down, A Thanksgiving Promise The Great Balloon Boy Wishes...

The Rise of Erotic Horror

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:37:00 PST

Erotica is dead. I've felt her cold little fingers tap-tap-tapping on my shoulder all year long, occasionally reaching over to pinch my tits and laugh at my irritation. Then just to show how really far gone she is, when Erotica got sick of all my denials and rationalizations, she'd take...

Tristan Taormino: On Jealousy, Poly in the Porn Biz, & Open Relationships

susie@susiebright.com (Susie Bright) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:12:51 PST

Susie interviews Tristan Taormino about her book, Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships. SB: Were you always "open-minded: about relationships, so to speak, or did you go thru a sea change? TT:I was schooled in lots of things by my first serious girlfriend in college—sex, porn,...