Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers’ Poetry

In thistrailblazing anthology, more than fifty self-identified sex workers from allwalks of the industry (survival and trade, past and present) explore their livedexperience through the expressive nuance and beauty of poetry. In a variety offorms ranging from lyrics to list poems to found poetry to hybrid works, theseauthors express themselves with the complexity, agency, and honesty that sexworkers are rarely afforded. Contributors from Canada, the US, Europe, and Asiainclude Gregory Scofield, Tracy Quan, Summer Wright, and Akira theHustler. As anantidote to the invasive and often biased media depictions of sex workers, Hustling Verse is a fiercelygroundbreaking exploration of intimacy, transactional sex, identity, healing,and resilience. Includes aforeword by Mercedes Eng, whose poetry book Prison Industrial Complex Explodes (Talonbooks) wonthe Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2018. —- ISBN: 9781551527819