Bibliograph

How poetry saved my life, a hustler's memoir, Amber Dawn

Type

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How poetry saved my life, a hustler's memoir, Amber Dawn

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How poetry saved my life

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

824644540

Responsibility statement

Amber Dawn

Sub title

a hustler's memoir

Summary

A memoir about sex work and sexuality, and how writing became the author's lifeline, connecting her to other queer voices

Table Of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Dedication; INTRODUCTION; OUTSIDE; ORAL TRADITION; BIKINI KILL LYRICS; MELHOS PLACE; WHAT DO DREAMS ABOUT FLYING MEAN?; SEX WORKER'S FEET; CHEVRON RESTROOM 1212 EAST HASTINGS; BEFORE I FOUND A LESBIAN FEMINIST DOCTOR; 1999; GHETTO FEMINISM; HOW POETRY SAVED MY LIFE; INSIDE; BUT I'M IN COLLEGE; GLOSSY; WHAT'S MY MOTHER F***ING NAME; HEY F*** FACE; DREAM MAKEOVER; SENSUAL BLISS MASSAGE & MORE; YOU ARE HERE (A MAP); HOW TO BURY OUR DEAD; SCULPTED FROM LIGHT; MISSING CHILDREN; HOW I GOT MY TATTOO; LYING IS THE WORK; INWARDTHERE ARE THE ROMANCES THAT STICKTHE ONE THING THAT COULD HAVE KEPT ME IN FORT ERIE, ONTARIO; TO ALL THE BUTCHES I LOVED BETWEEN 1995 AND 2005: AN OPEN LETTER ABOUT SELLING SEX, SELLING OUT, AND SOLDIERING ON; ... AND WE DID; SELF-ADDRESSED POSTCARDS; PUBLICATION CREDITS; About the Author

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