“I’m jealous – not of their money to spend, but jealous that, for them, going home is a simple matter of turning down the correct lane.” LostLonelyProstitutionPuntersSex Worker Book:Sub Rosa Source: Sub Rosa
“When he did appear his eyes were as brown as I remembered, pupils flecked with gold like beach pebbles.” DescriptionImageryDescriptiveBrown Eyes Book:Sub Rosa Source: Sub Rosa
“When I was thinking about How Poetry Saved My Life entering the “big literary world” I more so viewed it as sub genre or an underdog book because there are still comparatively so few books about sex work, especially from authors who once worked street, like I have. Disclosing to working street-level sex work still feels risky to me. Apart from Runaway by Evelyn Lau (published in 1989) I have yet to read a first person memoir about street work. More of these stories must be out there—perhaps I just haven’t found them yet.” Sex WorkStreet Sex WorkSurvival Sex Work Author:Amber Dawn
“Morning came in through the blinds cutting everything into ribbons.” LightBeautifulMorningImageryDescriptive Book:Sub Rosa Source: Sub Rosa