Susie Bright's left-wing take on all things erotic adds new depth to the porn term "spread pink." In one essay, men who actually make money are described as Sellouts -- many of whom "enjoy the missionary position best of all." (Must one be a supply-sider to realize that the men of corporate America actually prefer to lie on their backs?) Sometimes, Bright's sexual politics reach absurd levels of civic-minded rectitude. But she is always fun to read. Her interviews with former Black Panther Elaine Brown and with Erica Jong are the most enjoyable chapters in Sexwise. Where else can we learn that The Hite Report was right up there with Mao's Little Red Book for some Panthers or find out what Erica Jong thinks of Andrea Dworkin's hubby? For anyone planning a first visit to San Francisco, Sexwise is an ideal gift -- Susie Bright has produced an ideological guidebook to the Bay Area. To order, call Cleis Press at (412) 937-1555. Or visit Come Again (if you would like to pick it up in the flesh): (212) 308-9394.

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