Hustling Verse
An Anthology of Sex Workers' Poetry
by Amber Dawn, Justin Ducharme, Gregory Schofield, Alec Butler, Lester Mayers, Naomi Sayers, Christina V, Alilí, Pluma Sumaq, Jaene F. Castrillon, Stickie Stackedhouse, Cassandra Blanchard, Sumter, Natalie House, Moon Dancer, Hysterika, Arabelle Raphael, X. Rae Allessandro, tzaz, kiran anthony foster, Jasbina Justice, jaye simpson, Akira the Hustler, Amber Dawn Pullin, Juba Kalamka, Irene Wilder, Aimee Herman, Strawberry, K. Sedgemore, Raven Slander, Mélodie Nelson, Miss Sugar Mamasota, Sacred Collective, Audacia Ray, Milcah Halili Orbacedo, Daze Jefferies, jan maudlin, Garuda Love, Summer Wright, Rhanimalz, Lorelei Lee, Lee-Anne Poole, Mercedes Eng, Kay Kassirer, Dallas, Sascha, Lavender, Keva I. Lee, Tracy Quan, A.K. Saini, Allison Armstrong, courtney trouble, Sybil E. Lamb, Natasha Gornik, Kelli Lox, Marcelle Nuke, and Doug Upp
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"In this trailblazing anthology, more than fifty self-identified sex workers from all walks of the industry (survival and trade, past and present) explore their lived experience through the expressive nuance and beauty of poetry. In a variety of forms ranging from lyrics to list poems to found poetry to hybrid works, these authors express themselves with the complexity, agency, and honesty that sex workers are rarely afforded. Contributors from Canada, the US, Europe, and Asia include Gregory Scofield, Tracy Quan, Summer Wright, and Akira the Hustler. As an antidote to the invasive and often biased media depictions of sex workers, Hustling Verse is a fiercely groundbreaking exploration of intimacy, transactional sex, identity, healing, and resilience. Includes a foreword by Mercedes Eng, whose poetry book Prison Industrial Complex Explodes (Talonbooks) won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2018."--
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Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers' Poetry
2019, Arsenal Pulp Press
in English
1551527812 9781551527819
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Includes a foreword by Mercedes Eng, whose poetry book Prison Industrial Complex Explodes (Talonbooks) won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2018.
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In this trailblazing anthology, more than fifty self-identified sex workers from all walks of the industry (survival and trade, past and present) explore their lived experience through the expressive nuance and beauty of poetry. In a variety of forms ranging from lyrics to list poems to found poetry to hybrid works, these authors express themselves with the complexity, agency, and honesty that sex workers are rarely afforded. Contributors from Canada, the US, Europe, and Asia include Gregory Scofield, Tracy Quan, Summer Wright, and Akira the Hustler. As an antidote to the invasive and often biased media depictions of sex workers, Hustling Verse is a fiercely groundbreaking exploration of intimacy, transactional sex, identity, healing, and resilience.
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