Kelli finished The Straight Girl’s Guide to Sleeping with Chicks by Jen Sincero and sent me in this review:
I picked up this book as a Professional Escort to give my techniques a boost when working with couples. It was recommended to me by a fellow escort who also bought the book for guidance in pleasuring women.
Jen Sincero writes in a blunt, straightforward, well detailed, and hysterically funny style. Getting through the first three chapters was difficult for me. They deal mainly with sensitive issues on accepting the fact you want to have lesbian sex, where and how to pick up a woman, and how to tactfully enter into the lesbian community. None of this information was pertinent to what I was looking for, but I can see how it would be really useful to someone who is looking to come out of the proverbial closet.
The illustrations are to die for!!! Sexual positions are all demonstrated by Barbie dolls! Literally! Malibu Barbie gets her muff eaten by friend Barbie Teresa doll. No Ken needed. In one shot she even wears a tiny strap on!! It’s the best Barbie porn ever!
Jen fully addresses STD safety, a range of lubes and their uses, and the full gamut of toys and the how to’s. She gives a great lesson on modern lesbian sex lingo; defining vocabulary terms like: “double-clicking the mouse”, “auditioning the finger puppets”, and “paddling the pink canoe”. She has even constructed a wonderful Pussy Eating Pie Chart, giving the acceptable percentages for each tongue move.
Interjected frequently throughout the chapters are short quotes of personal experiences from the real people she interviewed for the book. Straight girls who’ve slept with lesbians, straight girls who’ve slept with straight girls, lesbians who’ve slept with straight girls, and girls who’ve done both or neither.
Over all I give this book a two thumbs up, or as the author might say, a double fingering!!
It has been an infinitely valuable guide that I have picked up repeatedly for some quick reminders and sexy entertainment. She has thoroughly covered every issue I could think of. I would recommend it to any girl looking to have sex with a chick!!
Posted by Vixen as Reviews at 8:53 PM CDT
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Healthy and Active recently sent me their Rabbit Vibrator to review.
The core shaft in the dildo part is pretty sturdy as is the rabbit itself. The vibrations are strong. The movement of the pearls does create extra noise but overall the toy is not too loud. I’ve always thought the pearls to be a nifty idea.
One disappointing thing was the battery box. I don’t blame the Healthy and Active store. I’ve had this gripe will alot of the battery powered Rabbit Vibes I’ve run across. The vibe takes three C batteries. I prefer my vibes to take AA or AAA batts since those are the types I have around the house. Plus three C batteries are heavy. It’s not crazy heavy but it is annoying to hold while adjusting the controls.
Healthy and Active does have a rechargable Rabbit Vibrator. I often use rechargable batteries in my vibes so the idea that the vibrator itself is rechargable is exciting!
Healthy and Active shipped the item fast and had discreet packaging. They included a mini packet of lube which I think is a nice touch. Also included was a coupon for 10% off an order which was also nice.
Posted by Vixen as Sex Toys, Reviews at 3:54 PM CST
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After reading books filled with sex worker stories I feel like I’ve just satiated a hunger I didn’t realize I had. We need books like this. I’ve been exploring Sex Solidarity lately on this blog and one theme that keeps coming up is communication. Sex workers are stronger when we share our stories and our knowledge together. Can you guess that I loved Working Sex, Sex Workers Write About a Changing Industry? I did. It was awesome! Again, thank you Seal Press for sending me a copy.
One of the things that struck me most was how I related to so many of the stories. A line would resonate with me and often the author was in a different sex work niche than me. The book really spoke some of the universal truths that are in the industry. There are so many great parts in this book. Instead of reviewing each story I want to share with you some specific lines that I found especially poignant.
From Annie Oakley’s Introduction:
“Sometimes you see the best of people and yourself, and everything seems so easy and attainable, and the money feels like it’s rolling in for free. Other times it’s the worst job you’ve ever had and you can’t believe the ugliness of humanity and you want to get out and never come back.”
This is one of the best descriptions of sex work that I’ve read.
Janelle Galazia commented on the futility of focusing on the sex aspect of sex work. “By keeping the
debate about sex work focused on sex, and not work, the true nature of the issue is obscured.
(snip)
“In this framework women are sluts instead of workers, or victims instead of cognizant participants in an economy.”
Jessica Melusine recalled in her piece Campus Sluts Forever! a game her phone sex coworkers played. They had to say non sexual phrases and make them sound sexy. This was by far one of the funniest stories in the book.
I was happy to see Siobhan Brooks’ An Interview With Gloria Lockett touched on feminism. “I’ve always felt that I was a feminist, but what a feminist is to me is not what a feminist is to some people. I love being a woman and I think it’s my right to do whatever I want with my body and mind.”
Recently I read an article by Gloria Steinem that reminded me that I’m by no means a typical feminist. For feminism and sex work to coexist we need to define it on our terms. Can I be a feminist and like porn? Yes! Can I be a feminist and a sex worker? Yes!
In Shelby Aesthetic’s Whoreanomics she comments on her fellow street prostitutes. “But the truth was they had a strong bond with each other, they really looked out for one another. It made me feel safer.” This could be applied to so many different areas of the industry. As a phone sex operator it certainly matches up with my experiences with coworkers.
Mirha-Soleil Ross’s Dear John was my favorite piece. She starts off making the excellent point that sex workers often focus on telling bad John stories because they are the most entertaining. In her story she is referring specifically to prostitutes but it applies to lots of sex workers. For her piece she wanted to recall some of her great clients. Their stories were so touching and really showed how there is a need for sex workers. As much as governments try to control, regulate and illegalize sex work they will never be able to stamp out the desire for us. There will always be clients out there who need our services.
I keep going back to her story. She captured the love, the caring, the bonding and the companionship that so often accompanies sex work. As much as I use my blog to blow off steam about my pso gig I hope I too capture the positive side of this work.
There were a couple downsides. Some contributers submitted songs. Unless I’ve heard the song first I’m not generally moved by reading song lyrics. It always feels like I’m missing something. Reading the lyrics I can sense a hint of the song’s power but it’s like trying to catch smoke with your fingers.
Anna Joy Springer’s My Pride and Broken Buzzers was a disappointment. Though I could ascertain that the buzzers were meant to represent breasts I just felt like I was missing something. Her writing was written in a sort of code. “At the game show for the dispossessed, I met a buzzer repair specialist who was a blood-and-grease wrestler.” The entire story is written like this. It left me feeling confused about what the meaning was and not sure of her point.
The only thing that could make this better is if Annie Oakley decided to make it a series. How wonderful to have a Volume 2, 3 and 4? I don’t tire of sex worker stories. Maybe it’s because I don’t work in an office and have the proverbial water cooler to hang around and swap tales. Even if we have the most accepting and understanding ears, no one truly understands us like fellow sex workers do. Reading books like Working Sex makes me feel so connected to my fellow sex workers. Sex work can often be isolating so having a sense of community is a treasure.
But what if you’re not a sex worker? Is it still worth the read? Definitely. This books covers so many types of sex work and so many perspectives that it will give multiple insights into the industry. As Annie Oakley says in her introduction- “Experienced or experimental, poetic or pornographic, angry or academic, the pieces complement each other, and through their differences begin to articulate a fuller picture of the amazing humans who populate the mysterious landscape of this business.”
Posted by Vixen as Reviews, Sex Workers at 10:56 PM CST
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Mr. Radical and I recently saw the Sex Workers Art Show. Wow! It rocked. I’m in the middle of reading Working Sex and on a hunch decided to see if the show would be anywhere near me. And it was. Woot!
Annie Oakley opened the show and was a great host. Before each act she gave us a little snippet about the realities of traveling or insight to the performer. You can tell this show means a lot to her. Mr. Radical and I had a wonderful time chatting with her afterwards.
She introduced Miss Dirty Martini and as soon as I saw her I knew I was going to love the Sex Workers Art Show. She came out dressed in an American flag, blond curly wig, red blindfold and holding two golden scales. Dolly Parton’s version of God Bless the USA was playing as she stripped down to a red bra and panty set stuffed with dollar bills. As “I’m proud to be an American” blared out of the speakers Miss Martini threw the money around and stripped naked. As she pulled what looked like a string of money out of her ass my sides ached I was laughing so hard. She sat on the stage, legs spread wide, and stuffed money into her mouth as Dolly sang her climatic finish. It was by far one of the most radical, the most profound, the most hilarious performance art I’ve ever seen. Miss Dirty Martini-I love your work!
Kirk Read read an open letter to Rick Hilton. He made many great points about being an escort working in hotel rooms. As a dominatrix I do many of my in person sessions in hotels and could relate to a lot of what he said. His annoyance at the horrible lighting of hotel rooms was right on.
He made a comment that struck me as very profound. Kirk was talking about the difficulty of being a sex worker and complaining about one’s job. When you complain people often say “oh you’re oppressed so why don’t you just quit”. When really we sex workers just want to complain about our job sometimes, like all people want to do. He talked about the pressure of always presenting a “happy face” of sex work to non-sex work people. “My job is to be an ambassador to the non sex working world.”
I know exactly what he means. If I’m the only sex worker a person knows then the experiences I share may be the only things that shape their opinion of the sex industry. Sometimes I hesitate to bitch about my job to some of my non sex worker friends because I think they’ll think my job is horrible. When in reality I just need to blow off some steam like every worker needs to do now and again.
The World Famous BOB made a martini with her ample 42 1/2 F breasts. I know-doesn’t that sound impressive? It was! She also talked about her time as “the worst dom ever”. She was a prodom for several years and her story of asking if the client was ok every time she smacked his ass had me laughing hard. Her combination of breasts bouncing and music is something that needs to be experienced.
Erin Markey told of her experiences as a stripper. Her story of being small breasted in an outfit meant for breasts to burst through the nipple slips had me laughing so hard I teared up. Then she moved into a song called St. Bridget that she performed partially on a stripper pole. It rocked! The song stayed in my head and I bought her CD Puppy Love: A Stripper’s Tail during intermission.
Chris Kraus read an excerpt from her novel. It was a story about her boyfriend getting arrested in a small town. The tale seemed an odd fit since it made no references to sex work at all. She was once a topless dancer so perhaps some of her other excerpts touch on sex work?
Two of the performers had the flu so couldn’t perform. Dirty Martini and The World Famous BOB did two sets to make up for it. While it was a bummer not to see Lorelei Lee and Keva I. Lee perform, the extra performances by the two amazing ladies was great.
Krylon Superstar was the last performer. He came out with a purple wig and a Madonna/80’s/lace ensemble that my sissy callers would have drooled over. His song started out with “Superpower Sissy Man” and went into describing-who else but-George Bush. As he stripped down to a duct taped g-string the words Fuck Bush were taped on his chest. The audience erupted in applause. And then came the glorious finale. As the words “from sea to shining sea” rang out of the speakers Krylon bent over in his glitter filled swimming pool and lit a sparkler that was sprouting from his ass. God it was brilliant. Brilliant! Not only was it an Amazing political commentary his act will definitely feature in future calls. (Many of my callers would love to be on stage, dressed in women’s clothing, singing and stripping off their clothes while the crowd applauds and yells their approval.)
I loved this show! It was funny, profound, political, personal and a very much needed show. We sex workers share our stories with the non sex working world to leave the anonymous realm. Giving a face and a voice to our experiences make us real. When we can be seen as people we can be seen with respect. A paragraph from the Annie Oakley’s introduction to Working Sex sums up my feelings perfectly:
“Sex workers telling stories, humanizing ourselves through the sharing of experience and insight, punctures the bloated dream of consumption without consequence. It puts a real face on the mythological creatures that are the subject of so much fantasizing and demonizing. It moves us from a weird landscape populated by the iconography of people’s fears and desires to a tangible, relatable reality; and only from there can we begin to be taken seriously as people deserving of safety, agency, and respect.”
You can see if the Tour is coming to your city here. Hell, even if they’ll be a few hours away try to make the drive to see them. It’s worth it.
Posted by Vixen as Reviews, Sex Workers at 8:24 PM CST
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Seal Press sent me a copy of Working Sex to review. I’ve just cracked it open and-Wow! This looks like it will be an awesome book.
From Working Sex Sex Workers Write About a Changing Industry:
“Dispelling the myth that sex workers are anything short of innovators and artists, Working Sex brings strippers, prostitutes, dommes, film stars, Internet models, and others together into a fascinating and groundbreaking collection. Featuring contributions from a vibrant community of out and proud sex workers, editor Annie Oakley showcases women who dare to take their jobs out of the shadows and into the public consciousness and examines the complexity of a sex worker’s life.
Among the contributors are Chris Kraus, reflecting on her time working in the hustle bars owned by the Jewish Mafia in the late 1970s; Michelle Tea, singing the “Ballad of Bart Starr”; and Ana Voog, describing the early days of her pioneering 24/7 online home webcam. Working Sex offers a glimpse into a changing industry, introducing readers to the messy world of sex workers and their critical insight into class, gender, labor, and sexuality in the 21st century.”
At 280 pages this book should be chock full of great sex worker stories. I’m starting it as soon as I post this. Thanks Seal Press!
Posted by Vixen as Reviews at 5:57 PM CST
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Nipple Charms sent some jewelry to review. I got the seven petal nipple charms. Aren’t they cute!
They fit well but I don’t have pics of me wearing them. Why? I’m going to give them to a friend who’s recently become a sex worker. I thought these would make the perfect gift. I’ll try to get a picture of her wearing them.
The charms are of good quality and stay on well. Plus they are adorable. The shipping was quick too. Do I recommend them? Oh definately!
Posted by Vixen as Reviews at 1:28 PM CDT
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Recently I had an ad up for The Internet Escorts Handbook. Kelli, of Kelli’s Korner, bought the book and graciously wrote up a review for me.
Review for “The Internet Escort’s Handbook: Book 1 The Foundation” by Amanda Brooks
reviewed by Kelli
When Amanda Brooks says “Basic Mental, Emotional, and Physical condsiderations in escort work”, she really means it. Throughout this book, she repeatedly addresses all of these issues in a frank, but sensitive way.
I am a new escort, having my own independant business for only 2 months. I loved this book!!!! It confirmed for me, that yes, I made the right decision for me!! The book takes one on a walk to confront all of the questions one should ask themselves before starting. I felt like I got a pat on the back of encouragement to read further.
As I progressed through the chapters, reading her realistic views on the business, I was relieved to find out that I was already doing most things right. The author validated the research I had already done before starting. If only I had the book first!! But the book also addressed issues I hadn’t thought of yet…situations I haven’t yet encountered, and a couple of things that I was off-track on. For that, I am very grateful. Thank You Amanda!!
So far, I have read this book twice. I have no doubt, as I sit and wait for Book 2, that I will read parts of it 10 more times. I highly reccomend this book to anyone who has already begun their escort business, and for anyone thinking about starting…it’s an absolute MUST READ!!!
Posted by Vixen as Reviews at 11:13 PM CDT
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Before I review A Woman Alone at Night by Tamara Faith Berger I’d like to thank Soft Skull Press. As much as I hated this book I’m still appreciative that I got the chance to review books from them.
But honestly I hated this book. It was horrible, possibly the worst book I’ve read in years. The only thing that kept me reading was my commitment to review the thing. Mr. Radical is happy that I’ve finally finished because I bitched about it to him althrough my reading. I can only recommend that you not read this book. It was horrible to read and pissed me off at times.
The story of Mira reads more like journal ramblings than like fiction. Instead of chapters the book is split into three sections-Mire, Hallucination and Vigor. Mira, the main character, mostly describes what is happening to her; she rarely reflects on the meanings of these happenings and when she does it sounds more like nonsense than deep thought. Mira never grows as a person though the back cover describes her being a willing “participant in her own degradation.”
Mira is a young teenager (I’m guessing 15 because she doesn’t drive and the book never says) when an older man John seduces her. There is no chemistry between them. He says to follow and then fuck him. She does even though she’s not attracted to the man. John and his uncle Michael start filming her for amateur porn videos. There is no explanation on how the relationship ends but suddenly Mira is in a strip club visiting a friend. A “bad girl” stripper named Adi pulls Mira to another club. The strip club is also a whorehouse and Mira becomes a prostitute. After some non-sexy sex scenes Mira runs off with another loser of a man Gio. Instead of filming her in pornos Gio fills Mira with non-sensical religious garble that has some semblance to the St. Mary mythology. The end of the book finds Mira with Gio and her cousin Ezra. I suspect the scene is meant to be erotic but I found it distasteful and forced. The back cover says the story is based on Saint Mary of Egypt. (Wikipedia has a entry on Saint Mary of Egypt here.) I’ve read some about the Saint and don’t really see a connection between the two. Yes, both were prostitutes but there’s not much similarity beyond that. Besides Gio’s rambling about Saint Mary I don’t see much of a connection.
There was nothing in the book that made me care for any of the characters. I disliked all of them, especially Mira. She has no personality, no charisma. It’s as if she has no free will. Throughout the book she goes through life not making any life choices. People do things to her and she doesn’t resist. I was disgusted that she couldn’t take action by herself.
All of the characters seem underdeveloped. The reader is given no history for any of the characters. Why do they act the way they do? What are they motivations, their desires, their dreams? Mira is attracted to John, then Adi, then Gio. None of them were charismatic in any way however. They were all dull and one dimensional. Gio was able to convince the working girls to run away with him and fuck for religious reasons. He should have been a fascinating character. I found him to just be a creepy old guy who justified his taste for hookers by confusing religious babble. John’s comment that all men think a woman walking along at night is a hooker is where the book’s title comes from. While there are probably men out there who believe this, the comment feels more thrown in for shock effect rather than character development.
The plot was frustrating. There is no time line, scenes jump back and forth and it is left to the reader to piece everything together. No description is made to the city where Mira lives or to the time the novel takes place. Perhaps this is meant to give the novel a sense of timelessness but I feel it made the story even weaker.
My biggest complaint about A Woman Alone at Night is Berger doesn’t understand sex work. There is a scene where Mira is on stage stripping. She mentions that her clothes don’t match but it doesn’t matter. This makes no sense. Strippers care a great deal about their clothes. Good clothes make good money. A well chosen outfit can mean the difference between making the utility bill and making rent in one shift. I called my friend Amber who is a stripper and read her this passage from the book. She was aghast by the thought that strippers wouldn’t care about their work clothes. Work clothes are vital to strippers.
Also, as much as men fantasize about strippers fucking clients in the back room this doesn’t happen as much as they think. Sure there are clubs where this occurs. Amber burst out laughing though when I told her the book featured a whorehouse above the strip club. “Cops come into my work all the time. No strip club would have hookers doing tricks upstairs, they’d get busted in a week.” I agree.
There is another scene where Mira is walking through a park. A man propositions her for sex. Though she doesn’t want to work she agrees to the sex. (Again, where is her free will?!) While starting to suck his cock she says she wants him to use a condom. He refuses saying he doesn’t have one. Mira doesn’t have any condoms and sucks him without one. Again, another sex worker scene that makes no sense. An experienced prostitute that doesn’t negotiate the condom issue until seconds before sex with her client? And why would a prostitute that wants to use condoms with her tricks not carry any condoms on her? There is no other mention of condom use with any of her other clients so why is it mentioned in this one scene? To show how Mira is even more a “participant in her own degradation”?
The other strippers treated Mira horribly. They were catty to her and called her “cocksucker” though the book implied most of the strippers were prostitutes themselves. While it is true that some sex workers fight and stab each other in the back this part of the book was not realistic. I’ve worked in the sex industry for over five years now. I have found the adult biz to be quite welcoming and friendly. Yes, I’ve had a fellow pso talk trash about me. It does happen. But on the whole we sex workers bond together and help each other out. There is a bonding between people in the adult biz that is deeper than I have found in other industries. To portray sex workers the way Berger does shows that she has no understanding of strippers, prostitutes, the porn industry and sex work as a whole. “Write what you know” is a statement I’ve read many times. It is apparent to me that Berger is using the sex industry as titillation in her book and has no deep understanding of it.
In a nutshell? Avoid this book.
Posted by Vixen as Reviews at 11:09 PM CDT
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Tonight I finished reading The Amputee’s Guide to Sex by Jillian Weise. As I’ve mentioned before I’m not well versed in poetry so I’d like to send a big thanks to Sera for helping me out with this review.
This book is not a “one handed read”. Despite it’s hinting title I did not feel aroused reading it. The book was intriguing though. Weise shows a perspective of sex that I didn’t know much about beforehand. This book was insightful and at times it pulls on one’s heartstrings. This collection of poems showcases a topic that has not had much press I suspect-amputees and their sexuality. I recommend it.
My favorite poem from the book is “Ode to Agent Orange.” An excerpt:
“At my birth, you gave show-and-tells,
how busy you’d been dividing cells.
You were supposed to focus on forests.
You were supposed to win the war.
Instead, you wedded yourself to my skin.
I cannot toss you off, your in”
While not an anti-war poem per se, this poem powerfully shows the lingering effects of war. Though the piece is only thirteen lines it speaks loads about the subject matter. I wonder if this is essential to good poetry-expressing something deeply while writing within a structured form. It was such a powerful poem I found myself reading it several times to explore it more.
One of my callers is an amputee. When he first mentioned it he turned his disability into a fetish. He told me he liked to fuck himself with his prosthetic leg, sliding the foot into his ass. This was the first time I had heard of an amputee fetish so I didn’t know what to say. I followed his lead and listened to him tell me about fucking his foot.
He didn’t talk about it long. His heart wasn’t in it and he soon moved on to his real fetish which is exhibitionism. Once he started telling me about exposing himself in a movie theater his voice took on that panting tone I’m used to hearing from him.
In hindsight I think he was testing me. He wanted to gauge my reaction to his being disabled. It seemed he was checking to see if I would still be as “turned on” by him. (The sarcastic sex worker in me would reply that as long as his credit card’s good I’ll be turned on by him. The counselor in me would reply that he was looking for acceptance.) I didn’t talk to him or treat him differently after I knew about his replacement leg. Why would I? I think he has been rejected by women before.
Weise has a poem titled the same as her book-“The Amputee’s Guide to Sex”. This poem tells the reader how she deals with her prosthetic leg. She wants to hide it from her lover and positions her body in certain ways to make him forget she has one leg. An excerpt:
“To create an uninhibited environment for your partner, track their hands like game pieces on a board. For leg amputees, keep arms on upper body.”
My caller had a version of this to fit his story. He told me how his lovers would see fake leg become instantly turned on. He insisted countless women would beg him to fuck them with the prosthetic. I believe this was a way for him to cope with his embarrassment.
I didn’t ask him about his lost leg. Doing so felt rude, like I would be splashing frosty reality onto his fantasy. I also figured he got those sort of questions enough in his day to day life. Weise has a poem called “The Old Questions” that indicates this is the case. An excerpt:
“Do you sleep with it on? I forgot
there would be this conversation.
Do you bathe with it on?
I need to rehearse answers to these questions.”
Earlier this month he sent me a picture of himself. He had talked about it for weeks, asking me over and over if I would give an honest answer about what I thought of him. I assured him repeatedly that I would. (I didn’t mention that sex workers rarely, if ever, give an honest answer to clients about their appearance.)
The picture was a partial body shot. It showed his head down his body to about mid thigh. Part of his prosthetic leg was showing, not much but enough that it was recognizable. When we talked next he sounded nervous while waiting to hear my thoughts about him. I told him what he wanted to hear. I said he was attractive and praised his cock. His cock is a focal point for him and much of our conversations revolve around how women are obsessed with it. He hasn’t mention his disability again but he seems more comfortable with me. Without speaking the words I somehow made him feel at ease. Though I won’t ask for it specifically so as not to upset him I wouldn’t be surprised if he one day sent me a full body shot with his prosthetic leg visible in the picture. If that does happen I will respond the same way as before-I will assure him of his attractiveness and praise his cock.
Posted by Vixen as PSO Confessions, Reviews at 11:14 PM CDT
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Soft Skull Press sent me two books to review. I just got-
A Woman Alone At Night by Tamara Faith Berger
“Mira, a young woman, gets caught up in her own sexual awakening which is dark and fast and demeaning. She meets an obsessive older guy named John who takes advantage of her willingness and steers her into amateur porn. When Mira meets Adi, a stripper who is older and wilder than her, Mira walks willingly into a harsh world of sex work where the girls don’t like her and the men are rough. It is on Adi’s turf that Mira enters into a strange relationship with Gio, a religious john who tests her at every step. Conflicted, Mira becomes a participant in her own degradation. As Mira’s cousin, Ezrah, tries to rescue her from “sin,” Mira goes deeper and deeper into “whoredom”, a state that she feels very connected to while growing conscious of its real and surreal danger.”
Wow! How about that back cover paragraph? The number of cliches about sex workers is disturbing. I’m trying to keep an open mind until I finish the book. However I’m only on p.17 and the prognosis doesn’t look good.
The Amputee’s Guide to Sex by Jillian Weise
“The Amputee’s Guide to Sex is an authentic exploration of disability and sexuality. Tired of seeing “cripples” appear as asexual characters in all forms of media, Weise took on a subject close to home: her own disability. This does not mean that these poems “happened” to Weise in real life. While based on the experience of an above-the-knee amputee, the poems have a life of their own.”
I’m not well versed in poetry so I’m hoping Sera will help me out with this one. It sounds like an intriguing book. It’s subject matter is one that doesn’t get much press so I’m guessing this will be an informative read.
Posted by Vixen as Reviews at 11:33 PM CDT
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