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OverviewA memoir about sex work and sexuality, and how writing became the author's lifeline, connecting her to other queer voices. Lambda Literary Award winner Amber Dawn's book reveals a poignant and personal landscape—the terrain of sex work, queer identity, and survivor pride. This memoir told in prose and poetry offers a frank, multifaceted portrait of the author's experience, from hustling the streets of Vancouver in the mid-90s to her present life as an outspoken feminist storyteller. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Amber DawnPublisher: Arsenal Pulp Press Imprint: Arsenal Pulp Press Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.223kg ISBN: 9781551525006ISBN 10: 1551525003 Pages: 158 Publication Date: 26 September 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews<br> Amber Dawn's voice is heartbreakingly sensitive, yet unabashed. The empowerment and solace she found in the poetry that saved her life is contagious. -- GO Magazine <br><br> An emotionally difficult but revealing read about the sex industry and the lifestyle of sex workers in which the author encourages more frankness and discussion in the future. -- Library Journal <br><br> Defiant and proud, Amber Dawn's memoir categorically refuses silence, daring to imagine a better world while offering hopeful testimony for those subsisting in abject spaces its author has since vacated. -- Vancouver Sun Author InformationAmber Dawn: Amber Dawn is a writer, filmmaker, and performance artist. She is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning novel Sub Rosa, editor of Fist of the Spider Woman, and co-editor of With a Rough Tongue. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. She is also winner of the Dayne Ogilvie Prize from the Writers' Trust of Canada. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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