{"id":555,"date":"2011-07-19T13:07:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T18:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/?p=555"},"modified":"2011-07-19T13:07:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T18:07:27","slug":"black-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/black-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allison, Shane, ed. Black Fire: Gay African-American Erotica.<\/em> Valley Falls, NY: Bold Strokes Books, 2011. Paperback. 207 pp. $16.95. ISBN 978-1-60282-206-1.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"If you enjoy, or collect, gay erotica and are into black men, you will want this finely produced volume. The cover features a gorgeous specimen and the stories are well written and exciting. Yes, there are black men in each of them, but their tastes are wide-ranging, including many other ethnicities: white, Asian, Latino, and more. Only a few stories are limited solely to African-Americans, but they include some of the best \u2015 often just two characters who really get it on and get to know each other.<\/p>\n

The stories in Black Fire<\/em> are extremely varied. They are entertaining, occasionally raunchy, but never unkind. Most of the sex is \u201csafe\u201d; there may be a few exceptions, but then this is fiction, not real life. This anthology does not include S&M, piss, or scat, but it offers everything else, and is often quite affectionate, even romantic.<\/p>\n

The only \u201cabuse\u201d or \u201cforce\u201d takes place during a quasi-supernatural voodoo ceremony in \u2015 where else? \u2015 New Orleans, where the main characters are compelled into intimacy. But they loved it, so everything turns out for the best.<\/p>\n

The book\u2019s title refers to characters in the stories. Every tale includes at least one handsome (always) African-American. At least two of the authors are women; however, the short bios don\u2019t give too many details about the others.<\/p>\n

Readers definitely won\u2019t get bored while reading this book. I don\u2019t know how many libraries collect erotica, but of all of the collections of erotic stories that I have read in the past, Black Fire<\/em> is one of the best I\u2019ve ever enjoyed.<\/p>\n

Reviewed by, James D. Anderson<\/strong>
\nProfessor Emeritus
\nRutgers University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Allison, Shane, ed. Black Fire: Gay African-American Erotica. Valley Falls, NY: Bold Strokes Books, 2011. Paperback. 207 pp. $16.95. ISBN 978-1-60282-206-1. If you enjoy, or collect, gay erotica and are into black men, you will want this finely produced volume. The cover features a gorgeous specimen and the stories are well written and exciting. Yes, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,36,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}