'Erotique Noir/Black Erotica'...the sensuality and openness; The book that became a turning point and defining moment in my life. I was coming of age and looking around my social and cultural environment for things that reminded me of me. Going through puberty in a world full of Playboy's, Penthouse's, and Hustler's was fun and challenging. Then I stumbled on to 'Erotique Noir/Black Erotica' and it all changed. It made me want to become a writer, reader, and thinker. And I did just that.