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From Porn to Poetry 2

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I love the mixture of fiction and non-fiction and poetry in this book. All of it is sexy, interesting, fresh and new. Highly recommended, and a great gift for a love to get them talking about what they like.

I agree that there should be more books like this, always full of great writing, huge variety, covering the entire scope of our dirty and sexy minds, without being Penthouse-y/girlie magazine. Smart writing, sexy, with emotional depth, and hot. Excellent book.

I think that what I most enjoy about the "From Porn to Poetry" books, as well as CleanSheets.com, the magazine they originate from, is that you can say something like "sexy, classy, hot, wild, and true" and be accurate in your description. The editor's name, Susannah Indigo, represents authenticity in writing to me, and all of her projects that I've read have been a cut above ordinary erotica. The mix of material in this book ranges from the down and dirtiest stories to elegant, sexual poems, and there's nowhere else you can read that kind of pleasurable mix. The subtitle is "Clean Sheets Celebrates the Erotic Mind," and that's how it felt to me after reading the book - like my "erotic mind" had been thoroughly and joyously "celebrated," honored, turned-on, and was raring to go.

Nothing in the book resembles cheap "Penthouse" stories; stunning stories by writers like Kim Addonizio, Maggie Gray, Mike Kimera, Greg Wharton, and Susannah Indigo herself simply leave you begging for more. I can't recommend these books enough to anyone interested in erotica; I've gifted friends with them and they all agree. They wonder, in fact, where I found them, since there's nothing in big bookstores done as well as this. Thank heavens for the Web and the ability for small book publishers to put this cornucopia of erotica out there for us!

There's such a lacking in books like this - smart but still sexy, funny sometimes yet deadly serious others, erotic and sensual from start to finish. Mostly deep and meaningful stories and poems, really just beautifully done.

There's so many great things in this book that it's hard to describe! Stunning stories by Kim Addonizio, Debbie Ann, and Robert Fawn. Gorgeous poetry by Dorianne Laux, Mary Anne Mohanraj, and Emanual Xavier. And then there's Susannah Indigo's closing story of "Bacon, Lola & Tomato", which has to be some kind of classic, funny and sexy and over the top, yet ultimately wildly freeing and kind and romantic. I wish I could write like all of these writers!

This is a great book - hot stories, some even funny and still sexy, beautiful poems, excellent writing. I like the mix of hetero and gay and romantic and kinky stories - very unusual, very high quality.

There are some really good stories in this book, and the rest is such an interesting variety that I highly recommend all of it.

Just like the last one, this book is high-class, sexy & fascinating. It's easily the best erotica anthology around for a hetero-kinky male type like myself who likes to share these books with a woman. Oprah should be onto this one - forget the classics, go for a super-literary down-and-dirty yet poetic book of erotica!