Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers' Poetry

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.

Author: Amber Dawn
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: 10/15/2019
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781551527819
ISBN10: 1551527812
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Anthologies (multiple authors)
- Poetry | LGBTQ+
- Social Science | Prostitution & Sex Trade

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.