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published
June 21st 2007
by iUniverse, Inc.
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Paperback, 258 pages
isbn
0595448771
(isbn13: 9780595448777)
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"American Cool is HOT!"</br> -Ellen Meister, author of Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA</p> When characters meet every r...more
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American Cool is a fantastic collection of Susan DiPlacido's best short stories. Many of these stories have appeared in other noted publications, such as the Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica 6, Caramel Flava, and Rebellion: New Voices of Fiction. But to have them all together in one volume is a very special treat. ("I, Candy" won the Spirit Award at the 2005 Moondance Film Festival, and "Bloodlines" was nominated for a 2008 Pushcart Prize award.)
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Let’s get the cheap thrill out of the way first. This collection contains erotica. As someone who’s written a fair amount of erotica in her time, I can say it’s no easy task to weave sex into stories which, regardless, are driven by considerations of character, plot and narrative; perhaps this is why so much erotic fiction tends to discard plot the way it would a lace bra, dropping it off to one side early on, before getting down to the serious action. To judge by the stories in this colle...more
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10/18/07
Steve Miyamoto
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I bought this from the author. It got great reviews so I'm looking forward to reading this.
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