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Susie Bright, “The Pauline Kael of Porn” (SF Chronicle), rips open the history of erotic cinema before the internet— from the Golden Age of lavish 35mm hardcore, to the video-inspired “Porno Spring”, initiated by none other than punk, feminist, and lesbian video-makers.

Best-selling author Susie Bright’s first work of fiction and her first collection of short stories. Bright reveals the outlier reaches of family, tribe, last rites—as well as the elegiac care and feeding of the fast-disappearing.

Christmas and the holidays are a fun and festive time for many. But for incest survivors, a traditional family get-together can bring on sad feelings and emotions. Today, Susie reads from Grace Davis' Abuse Survivor's Guide to the Holidays. The book includes helpful tips, ranging from how to stay centered to staying sober to taking note of who your chosen family is. And it reminds that, as an adult, your abusive family members are part of the past!

From Susie Bright, America's most outrageous and outspoken chronicler of the nation's sexual practices, comes this volume of the crème de la crème of erotic literature of 1999. Edited by Bright, whom the San Francisco Chronicle describes as "the X-rated intellectual" and The New York Times hails as "the voice of sweet reason and literacy", this sixth annual edition of a best-selling series is sure to satisfy old fans and leave newcomers begging for more.

Included in this collection: "Rubenesque" by Magenta Michaels; "Brian's Bedroom" by Leigh Rutledge; "Serenade for Female with Fantasies" by Anne Marie Mardith; "Why" by Bob Flanagan; "Milk" by Michael Dorsey; and more.

In today show, we take a look at autofellatio. Writer Jesse Bering's article in Slate ("So Close, and Yet So Far Away: The contorted history of autofellatio") has Susie wondering what this kind of acrobatic self-pleasure would feel like….

On this week's In Bed, Shulem Deen, author and narrator of All Who Do Not Return, describes abandoning a Hasidic cult in which, on his wedding night, he knew how to broker a real-estate deal in ancient Babylon - but didn't know the fundamentals of how babies get made.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Jane Smiley details a beautiful erotic interlude in an otherwise sordid real estate deal; Mary Gaitskill celebrates the unexpected ardor of one middle-aged couple; Steve Almond reminisces about the best one-man/three-girl Ecstasy party ever; Nelson George recounts the erotic escapades that befall a young man who accompanies a celebrity athlete when he picks up a gaggle of girls; and Carol Queen explores the joys of making love with summer fruit.

Famous for taking her readers to undiscovered places, Susie Bright has changed the rules for writing about sex. Erotica is no longer under-the-covers reading; it's thrilling literature that showcases the best writing around.

Dildo alert! Are you at risk because of the materials used to make dildos? Susie reads from an article by Cory Silverberg who thinks this warning about the chemical phthalates used in dildos is overblown.

Susie is off this week but wants you to enjoy a show from 2007 in which she talks about her favorite body parts. First, she's once again amazed at the closed-mindedness of some school administrators, as three high-school students were suspended for saying the word "vagina" during a production of The Vagina Monologues.

In the second part of Susie's interview with journalist Debbie Nathan, Debbie talks about why so many people say they're addicted to porn, and she explains how she fell into this often strange line of work. Debbie also talks about her new book Pornography: A Groundwork Guide, which is the first book for young adults about the history, politics, effects, business practices, working conditions, genres, and future of porn.

Ever wondered why theres no female voice as bold, erotic, unflinching, and revealing as Norman Mailer, Henry Miller, or Philip Roth? There is. It belongs to Susie Bright. Big Sex Little Death is an explosive yet intimate memoir that's pure Susie: bold, free-spirited, unpredictable, larger than life, yet utterly true to life.

Hailed by Utne Reader as "a visionary" and the San Francisco Chronicle as "the X-rated intellectual," Susie Bright is indisputably the sexpert of our times. Now, in a frank and intimate look at our own erotic experience, she delves into the most personal aspects of sex and shows us how our sexual passion can be a source of creativity and inspiration.

On this week's In Bed, Susie has an intimate conversation with author Juan F. Thompson, son of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. "This is more like a conversation with a friend than a journalist," Juan says. They both learned a great deal from each other. Susie was a friend of Hunter's. Juan was the one person Hunter trusted completely. They talk about the nitty-gritty of Hunter's struggles with writing, his sexual point of view, what it meant to him to be a man in full, and living up to a mythic, impossible reputation.

In The Best American Erotica, Volume 11, we learn about the very first penis in science-fiction hotshot Geoffrey Landis's bawdy fairy tale; Touré's breathless prose poem sets us up with an evening's worth of erotic visitors; and in Jerry Stahl's story, a man recalls his boyhood fascination with his mother's friends and their elaborate undergarments.

Susie starts the show off with a sneak preview of her upcoming book. Although it won't be available in stores until the fall, we get a sexy taste of what she has put together in her newest erotic anthology, entitled X: The Erotic Treasury.

This is the ideal collection for all lovers of first-rate erotic literature. Edited by Susie Bright, whom the Utne Reader calls "one of the leading thinkers and visionaries of our time", this fifth annual edition of a best-selling series brings together the most outstanding erotic writing of the year.

Sex Educator Tristan Taormino is making a documentary about sex fantasies, and he's been looking for a second opinion about a scene that may be too taboo, so Susie offers her reaction. The drama is fine, says Susie, but it got her wondering why the fantasy rape depicted in the movie was seen as going too far. Susie compares what's forbidden in the porn industry versus mainstream Hollywood, and the results are surprising. Who do you think is more prudish?

Christian churches are coming to the rescue for some young women. But the oldfashioned advice they are doling out on pornography may turn out to be not-so-helpful.