Hustling Verse

Name: Hustling Verse
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SKU: 9781551527819
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An Anthology of Sex Workers' Poetry

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Hustling Verse is a trailblazing anthology in which over fifty self-identified sex workers from a range of backgrounds and experiences share their stories through poetry. Spanning forms such as lyrics, list poems, found poetry, and hybrids, these voices explore themes of intimacy, transactional sex, identity, healing, and resilience with complexity and honesty rarely seen in mainstream portrayals. Contributors from Canada, the US, Europe, and Asia include Gregory Scofield, Tracy Quan, Summer Wright, and Akira the Hustler. The collection begins with a foreword by Mercedes Eng, winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.
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This anthology is suited to readers interested in contemporary poetry, social justice, gender and sexuality studies, and firsthand accounts from sex workers. Its inclusive voices and powerful themes will resonate with those seeking deeper understanding of intimacy, identity, and resilience.

Hustling Verse is a fiercelygroundbreaking exploration of intimacy, transactional sex, identity, healing,and resilience.

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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 experiences 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.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Critics praise Hustling Verse as groundbreaking and dynamic. Ms. Magazine calls it a candid and compassionate gathering of diverse voices across age, race, gender, and geography. Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore highlights its insights into sexual possibility and self-determination beyond sex work alone. Kai Cheng Thom notes the anthology's wide reach and unflinching devotion to truth in its painful and healing expressions.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781551527819

Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 October 2019

Country: Canada

Imprint: Arsenal Pulp Press

Contributors:

Edited by Amber Dawn
Edited by Justin Ducharme

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 192

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Amber Dawn is a white queer femme survivor living in unceded Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver. She is the author of four books (the most recent of which is the novel Sodom Road Exit) and the editor of two anthologies. Her memoir How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir (2013) won the Vancouver Book Award and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. She teaches creative writing at the University of British Columbia and guest mentors at drop-in, sex work-driven community spaces.