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A Deeper Shade of Sex: The Best in Black Erotic Writing

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Allow me to begin with the silly reason why I'm a little unhappy with this book....because it only has 228 pages, not the 400 something that is listed.

Now, I was greatly mislead...

But it wasn't by this book. It was by authors such as Zane and others who write about sex using great physical detail.

Sadly, as a 19 year old, I didn't even realize that there was another side to Erotica. Now that I do, I can't get enough of it.

If you are a person looking for a novel to get off on...one that will give you ideas to try out on your Friday night date...this is definitely not the book for you.

I am so happy that I purchased it, despite the fact that I believed it would be a book on the best of Sexual writing, not erotic...there is a huge difference!

I must admit when I first received a copy of Reginald Martin's A Deeper Shade of Sex: The Best in Black Erotic Writing, I didn't quite know what to expect. I had never really been exposed to erotic literature as a genre. I only had my own expectations of something possibly [...]at best. It was not.

Much to my surprise I found the book a voluptuous and tantalizing roller coaster ride of desire and lost desire for a human connection in the world. A Deeper Shade of Sex contains poetry and literature, essays and personal explorations of the erotic breaking through the every day experiences of people to awaken them to its overwhelming power and presence in our lives. From Linda White's piece Encountering Ecstasy about the body's sudden and undaunted desire for a perfect stranger on the bus to Lovechild's excursion into an embodied self revelation, to Valinda Johnson Browns' Shrimp Etouffee where dinner becomes an erotic play to Glenn Johnson's Winnefred's Mother where a girlfriend's mother wants a little more of her daughter's beau than help with the holiday dishes; and many more.

Reginald Martin has done a wonderful job pulling over 30 pieces together to widen and recollect a lost sense of the embodied self in and out of the African American community and lifts the veil of shame and disgust with the body's natural organic workings to show us that our dark bodies are gifts to be enjoyed, not walking sins.
C. R. Pegues
crpeg@hotmail.com

I didn't know what to expect from the book but I was very impressed by the level of honesty. The book goes right to the heart of what we all feel at one time or another. This is a well-rounded book that makes you want to write your own story. I'm waiting for the next one. JLarkin

I have been reading this author for some time and I wanted to make sure that I had an extra copy of the latest book. I read it and believe that Martin has set a high bar for all authors in this genre.

Love this book it is a great read.

"Reginald Martin has done it again! In A Deeper Shade of Sex, Martin explores new global black erotic writing all in the prose genre. Along with the amazing detailed description of what makes black erotic literature black and erotic, Martin provides substantive intros to sections dealing with the power of indirection in the erotic. Some of the gifted writers included are: Kalamu ya Salaam, Cheri Daughtery, Jerry Ward and C. Leigh McInnis. Martin is also the first writer in the United States to use the new Amazon.com blog for writers, making Deeper Shade a truly interactive experience. Truly an
overwhelming volume." -- Walter Middlebrook, New York Newsday

Reginald Martin has done it again with this amazing, entertaining and diverse collection of black erotica. From the informative "Do Right Women" by Kalamu Ya Salaam to the fanciful food descriptions by Valinda Johnson Brown, Dr. Martin explores the many shapes and forms of the finest erotic writings of the time. Some of the writings will leave you with a tender smile and some wet and quivering. No matter your literary preferences, this book is guaranteed to take you deeper into your erotic self than you ever imagined possible.

Exhilarating, stimulating, spine-tingling; how else can I describe a book that is sure to set you off...How do I know this? I was fortunate enough to have a preview of the fantacy erotica writings stimulated throughout the book "A Deeper Shade of Sex: The Best in Black Erotic Writing by Reginald Martin. As I read between the lines I thought of how much pleasure a couple can create sharing the compassion and sexual drives of the writings within these African American poetic creations. Then I thought of how much pleasure a once lonely person could experience by sharing the enthusiastic profound sexual electrifying literary artistic talent of the writers within this superb book. How can I give an independent review of this book? I can because I wasn't one of the authors that created the writings within; I can because I envision what is poetic, artistic, erotic, and exciting; and this book is all of that...I would highly recommend this book for every couple that lost that driving urge that made them want to take their clothes off before they made it in the driveway; for every couple that seeks new exciting erotic adventure to keep their grove on; for every single man and woman that sometimes wonder if they no longer have the "La Freak", for every senior citizen that knows the importance of keeping sexual energy as a driving force to feel young again. I plan to order this book for friends and family that fit in every category. Why? Because it would be a shame if they all weren't told "A Deeper Shade of Sex". Let me know what you think after you read the sexual energy that will make you want to dust off the old "Jungle Fever" album and 'Get Down Tonight".
A Deeper Shade of Sex : The Best in Black Erotic Writing by Reginald Martin (Paperback) ISBN: 1562015044
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