Brown Sugar 2: Great One Night Stands - A Collection of Erotic Black Fiction [Paperback]

Carol Taylor (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 24, 2002

IF THE FIST BROWN SUGAR LEFT YOU WANTING MORE, THEN FEAST YOUR SENSES ON BROWN SUGAR 2 AS 18 BESTSELLING BLACK WRITERS CELEBRATE A GREAT ONE-NIGHT-STAND

Brown Sugar

The first, bestselling Brown Sugar anthology was a literary and commercial success, winning the Gold Pen Award for Best Short Story Collection. Brown Sugar 2 brings you more smart, sexy, and original stories written by bestselling black writers you know and love writing about characters you'll recognize in places you'll know. These stories set the stage for seduction with a distinctly new flavor, and they are as insightful as they are sexy. Here are the real souls of black folk, and each story will take you there in more ways than one. Just be careful -- you might get more than your mind blown. Sexy and stimulating, playful and romantic, seductive and inspiring, Brown Sugar 2 is a must-have collection for every lover, as well as every lover of good fiction.

TANANARIVE DUE ZANE NELSON GEORGE JENOYNE ADAMS SHAY YOUNGBLOOD SANDRA KITT BERNICE McFADDEN TIMMOTHY B. McCANN YOLANDA JOE MICHAEL A. GONZALES PRESTON L. ALLEN LEONE ROSS SHAWNE JOHNSON REGINALD HARRIS KATHLEEN E. MORRIS WILLIE PERDOMO NICOLE BAILEY-WILLIAMS REBECCA CARROLL

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Like its predecessor, Brown Sugar, this anthology of African-American erotica edited by Essence magazine contributor Taylor explores every permutation of adult sexuality-straight, gay, lesbian and some decidedly unconventional group sex-with a combination of hip-hop slang and high-brow sensibility. In Willie Perdomo's "Ella by Starlight," allusions to Jean-Michel Basquiat bump up against references to the Notorious B.I.G. Many of the pieces weave serious questions of racial and sexual identity into their racy scenarios. Rebecca Carroll's "Mr. Man," for instance, deftly examines the plight of a young black woman, adopted and raised by white parents, whose skin throbs with "perversely tangled envy, grafted from a deep and silent well of inexperienced blackness" whenever she encounters other African-Americans. Nicole Bailey-Williams's "Zoe" is candid in its depiction of a beautiful but insecure college student who experiments with lesbianism, and Michael A. Gonzales's "Simply Beautiful" observes both the sensual and the sinister in a chance encounter between a self-involved filmmaker and an aging barroom diva. There is some old-fashioned raunch as well. "It wasn't like I was collecting dividends on my pussy," remarks the protagonist of Zane's "Mr. Good Lay" as she prepares to end three years of celibacy. And Sandra Kitt's "Passing Through" revisits that time-honored erotica staple, a tryst between a stranded motorist and her mechanic. There's something here for every reader, especially those who enjoyed Taylor's previous collection.
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From Library Journal

Whether subtle, romantic, or graphic, the tales in this follow-up to Essence contributor Taylor's Brown Sugar represent some of contemporary African American literature's best voices, e.g., Tananarive Due, Bernice L. McFadden, Nelson George, and others.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 365 pages
• Publisher: Washington Square Press; Original edition (December 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 074344244X
• ISBN-13: 978-0743442442
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,402,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Sequel, March 19, 2003

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This review is from: Brown Sugar 2: Great One Night Stands - A Collection of Erotic Black Fiction (Paperback)

After reading # 1 and #2, my opinion is that the editor maintained the same level of excellence in her selection of works, which is not always easy to achieve as the example of Suzy Bright's once-great Best American Erotica series has proven recently. It is a delight to read erotica that is fleshed out (no pun intended), and the pieces in this collection truly work as stories even when they are not overly sexual, as do some of the better selections in Maxim Jakubowski's Mammoth Book series (I'm thinking of THE DRESS, CUCKOO, THE NAUGHTY YARD, THE STORY OF NO, and so on). There are some big names in this one, Zane, Nelson George, Tananarive Due, Timmothy B. McCann, Shay Youngblood; and some returning favorites who are even better the second time around, Leone Ross and Preston L. Allen. Leone hinted in BS # 1 that she had a kinky side, but in this one she leaves no doubt that she is a straight up freak. Preston manages again to tell a story that is both captivating and stimulating.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Erotic One Night Stands, March 1, 2003

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This review is from: Brown Sugar 2: Great One Night Stands - A Collection of Erotic Black Fiction (Paperback)

Brown Sugar 2 is an erotic tribute to one night stands. Tales from notable authors, such as Zane, Tananarive Due, Bernice McFadden, Nelson George, and Timmothy McCann, give the reader different views and insights as to why people have one night stands. From loneliness, to loss of a loved one, to just wanting to have sex with "no strings attached", this book has it all and explains the motivations as well as the actual act of one night stands.

Although a work of fiction, the book is so graphic and vivid, the stories and characters come to life. In addition, Brown Sugar 2 is highly erotic and conveys the message that a one night stand can be erotic, therapeutic, and at times necessary. I highly recommend this book to any one who enjoys erotica, as well as any one who is just looking for a good read.

Reviewed by Latoya Carter-Qawiyy
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brown Sugar is HOT, March 4, 2003

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Michael M (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brown Sugar 2: Great One Night Stands - A Collection of Erotic Black Fiction (Paperback)

Brown Sugar 2 lives up to the same high standards set by the first Brown Sugar anthology. It's smart and sexy - each story stimulates the mind and body. I especially loved "Sit" for it's unpredictable and delicious ending.