Prose and Lore: Memoir Stories About Sex Work (Issue #2) by Audacia Ray


Prose and Lore: Memoir Stories About Sex Work (Issue #2)
Title : Prose and Lore: Memoir Stories About Sex Work (Issue #2)
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ISBN : 0988259648
ISBN-10 : 9780988259645
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 150
Publication : First published July 9, 2013

Selling sex is a job that many people would never consider. But for the people who do the work, pleasure is a business that sometimes sustains them and sometimes puts them at risk. In the second issue of the Red Umbrella Project’s Prose & Lore, New Yorkers who have traded sex tell true stories of lessons learned, friendships with coworkers, unpleasant bosses, bodily functions, and more that make up their experiences in the industry.

"Gutsy wisdom permeates these pages. Prose & Lore brings together a keen array of lived experiences and authentic voices." - Amber Dawn, author of How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir

“This [journal], simply by virtue of existing, is part of a larger project to counteract the stereotypes and stigma that works to threaten those in the sex industries.” - Jessie Nicole, Tits & Sass

Prose and Lore: Memoir Stories About Sex Work (Issue #2) Reviews

  • Leigh Leeg

    I absolutely loved this book. Every narrative felt completely different to me, which made turning each page exciting. It's a truly fine collection of stories that will make people with sex work experience probably at least once (probably more) feeling in good company, but is still accessible to people who aren't directly familiar. So much of the writing is genuinely beautiful, and genuinely moving.

  • Danni

    Won this in a First Reads giveaway. What a fascinating read. Sometimes I think that the people doing sex work get lost behind negative headlines or Law & Order reruns. These stories put very human faces on sex work. Absolutely incredible.

  • Chanel Hardy

    Besides the last story about the Toilet mistress that got too graphic although it was funny, this was another great issue of Prose & Lore. The toilet story was too much and I skipped over the last few pages of it. I asked myself if it was even real, but if I've learned anything from reading about sex work, it's that men will do anything. LOL

  • Ashton Hiatt

    Hard read sometimes. Funny at other moments. Wonderful to get a completely new perspective! Also possible job options lol.

  • Sandy

    I received this book in exchange for a honest review.
    Here it is.
    I found the kind of boring.