How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler’s Memoir by Amber Dawn is now available for free ePub download or online reading.<\/p>\n
Intro:<\/strong><\/p>\n As raw and fiery as its author, How Poetry Saved My Life<\/i> is a powerful account of survival and the transformative power of literature.<\/p>\n Amber Dawn’s acclaimed first novel Sub Rosa<\/i>, a darkly intoxicating fantasy about a group of magical prostitutes who band together to fend off bad johns in a fantastical underworld, won a Lambda Literary Award in 2011. While the plot of the book was wildly imaginative, it was also based on the author’s own experience as a sex worker in the 1990s and early 2000s, and on her coming out as lesbian.<\/p>\n How Poetry Saved My Life<\/i>, Amber Dawn’s sophomore book, reveals an even more poignant and personal landscape\u2014the terrain of sex work, queer identity, and survivor pride. This memoir, told in prose and poetry, offers a frank, multifaceted portrait of the author’s experiences hustling the streets of Vancouver, and the how those years took away her self-esteem and nearly destroyed her, at the crux of this autobiographical narrative is the tender celebration of poetry and literature, that\u2014as the title suggests\u2014acted as a lifeline during her most pivotal moments.. First published April 2, 2013. Original format: Paperback. Pages: 156. #how-poetry-saved-my-life-ebook #how-poetry-saved-my-life-epub #read #download<\/p>\n User Rating: 4.19 (based on 967 ratings)<\/p>\n Download EPUB How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler’s Memoir by Amber Dawn<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83d\udcc1 File details: how-poetry-saved-my-life.epub<\/em><\/p>\n