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By Audacia Ray

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Sex Worker Literati is a monthly storytelling series that features sex workers, former sex workers, and people with stories about the sex industry who read, monologue, perform, and shimmy their ways into your hearts, minds, and naughty bits. This podcast features live performances from the series. Best-selling author David Henry Sterry and sexuality rights activist Audacia Ray, both former workers in the sex industry, co-host the event, which takes place at a lounge that was once an erotic massage parlor. Sterry and Ray showcase a diverse set of performers who have sad, beautiful, and hilarious stories to tell about the business of sex.Sex Worker Literati takes place the first Thursday of every month in New York City, at the Happy Ending Lounge.More info: http://hoshookerscallgirlsrentboys.com/reading-series

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1 ExplicitVideoDominick: Coming Out & Passing ‘Dominick’ is a founding participant of ‘Reading for Filth’, a monthly series founded by the late Dean Johnson. At the inaugural reading, Dominick came out about his 3-year stint as a full-time sex worker. In subsequent appearances, he’s honed his confessional voice, drawing on his sex worker diaries and correspondence to delve into a range of topics- his youth as a kept boy, his evolving persona as dominant guido-for-hire, the digital transformation of the sex industry, ass health- and of course, the johns, in all their splendor. Since retiring from sex work, Dominick walks among civilians in NYC’s real estate industry- where the art of the sell is supreme. 6/16/10 Free View In iTunes

2 ExplicitVideoRandi Newton, on coming out to her parents as a stripper Spending over a decade in New York City has been far from mundane for Randi Newton. Moving to Manhattan from Omaha, Nebraska- in 1998 to pursue an acting career. Newton started by working as a live-in nanny, to trading up for a position at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, to managing for a for a prestigious liquor company, being laid off and eventually wandering into a gentlemen’s club where a year long waitressing position, turned into a stripping stint that parlayed into opening surprising media appearances and writing opportunities. Featured as the cover story, April 2009, of the Sunday New York Post about women stripping in times of an economic crisis, Newton has also appeared internationally to speak about the recession and the gentlemen’s club industry. In addition she has been featured in Radar Magazine, Penthouse Magazine (fully dressed) and such television programs such as; Inside Edition, The Insider, The TODAY Show, CBS This Morning, Entertainment Tonight. She’s also appeared as a panelist multiple times on FOX News The Strategy Room, and appeared on The Gayle King Show/Oprah Radio, and went face to face with Bill O’Reilly on the controversial “The O’Reilly Factor”. Newton has also appeared in such television programs such as various appearances on “Howard TV On Demand”, “The Sopranos”, “Nip/Tuck”, and films, “Mona Lisa Smile”, “Sean Lennon’s Friendly Fire”, and most recently the Darby Crash biopic, “What We Do is Secret”. In addition, Randi is a columnist for one of the most respected trade publications in the adult nightclub industry, “Exotic Dancer Magazine”. She attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha, on a scholarship provided from the Miss America Organization, and has more recently studied at The New School in New York City, The Groundlings in Los Angeles, and Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City. She spends her spare time, reading, writing, playing poker, and enjoys karaoke. She is currently working on her second memoir and working at Rick’s Cabaret’s flagship location in New York City. Newton resides between New York and Los Angeles. 6/13/10 Free View In iTunes

3 ExplicitVideoStephen Boyer reads from his book Ghosts Stephen Boyer will forever be in his early twenties f*****g and getting f****d under the alias Dorian or Dorian Slay. Since the years are quickly stumbling away from his point of entry, Stephen has devoted his energies to writing, painting and performance. His work has been published by 2nd Floor Projects (San Francisco); Marjorie Wood Gallery (San Francisco); TRY zine; in the anthologies “Cool Thing: The Best New Gay Fiction from Young American Writers” and “Madder Love: Queer Men and the Precincts of Surrealism”; and a collection of poetry entitled “Ghosts” by Bent Boy Books came out this past January 1st, 2010. He has also shown work at Poet’s Theater, and has been involved in many a friends performance. Currently he is wrapping up a novel, producing a play and has an art show June 5th-6th between 12-7pm as part of the Bushwick Arts Festival with his friend Kevin Sheneberger at 301 Grove St. Brooklyn, New York. And check out his website www.minorprogression.com 6/10/10 Free View In iTunes

4 ExplicitVideoMariko Passion: Coming Out About Herpes Mariko Passion, Educated W***e and Urban Geisha ;is a performance artist | activist | educator | w***e revolutionary. She sings and rhymes her experiences and reality over beats and produces auto-documentary videos. She educates the community and fights for social justice issues related to sex workers rights in LA, across the U.S and the world. She has performed at the International AIDS conference Global Village stage in Mexico City, a conference that drew 20,000. 6/7/10 Free View In iTunes

5 ExplicitVideoZoe Hansen: My First Time Shooting Heroin http://www.wakingvixen.com/2010/06/02/sex-worker-culture-nyc-and-vegas/ 6/2/10 Free View In iTunes

6 ExplicitVideoAlex Kinney: Love and Pain - The Kinky Texan Alex Kinney is an old w***e who has prostituted himself in the Ivy League, America’s regional theaters, in the Golden Hills of Hollywood, one cold Christmas in Dublin, and more lengthily, the South of the Slot in San Francisco. Yes, Virginia, there really was a Golden Age of sexuality in San Francisco, and some of us were even getting paid for it. Actually, a LOT of us were getting paid for it. Alex’s most recent play, Holy Hell, was developed at The Actors Studio. 6/2/10 Free View In iTunes

7 ExplicitVideoTyler Knight: Love and Pain Tyler Knight writes short stories and poetry largely rooted in the worlds of adult film, corporate finance and the Fellini-esque characters that occupy them. He’s recently completed an autobiographical short story collection, and a semi-biographical novel.Since he began writing in 2009, his short stories have been published in several literary magazines including Thieves Jargon, Sex and Murder, and Thirst For Fire. In January 2010, London based publisher Ronin Press published his first chapbook. Tyler also writes a monthly column for For The Girls magazine.He lives in Los Angeles with his girlfriend, parrot and turtles. 6/1/10 Free View In iTunes

8 ExplicitVideoCraig Seymour reads from his book All I Could Bare Writer and photographer Craig Seymour is the author of the memoir, “All I Could Bare : My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C.” and the photo book “American Boys : A Strip Club Diary“. He is a former stripper and has been chronicling gay strip clubs for more than a decade. He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland in College Park, and is Associate Professor of Journalism at Northern Illinois University. 5/29/10 Free View In iTunes

9 ExplicitVideoJodi Sh Doff: My First Time Kissing a Girl in a Strip Club Jodi Sh. Doff, aka Scarlett Fever, has written for BUST, Penthouse, Playgirl, Tear, Cosmopolitan; been included in Best American Erotica ‘95, Bearing Life, Between the Sheets & The Bust Guide to a New Girl Order. She’s one of the Three Naked Ladies, a weekly online series taking a behind the scenes peek at stripping then & now. There’s a memoir of her ten years in pre-Disney Times Square topless business in the works. 5/27/10 Free View In iTunes

10 ExplicitVideoAlex Kinney: Helmut The Maid Alex Kinney is an old w***e who has prostituted himself in the Ivy League, America’s regional theaters, in the Golden Hills of Hollywood, one cold Christmas in Dublin, and more lengthily, the South of the Slot in San Francisco. Yes, Virginia, there really was a Golden Age of sexuality in San Francisco, and some of us were even getting paid for it. Actually, a LOT of us were getting paid for it, right, David?? The stuff you get me into, jeez…. Alex’s most recent play, Holy Hell, was developed at The Actors Studio. Tonight he’s doing a story from a collection in Manhattan’s Midtown West, “Helmut the Maid”. 5/27/10 Free View In iTunes

11 ExplicitVideoNica Noelle: Love and Pain Nica Noelle is an adult film actress, writer and director. She conceptualized and created Sweetheart Video and Sweet Sinner Films with Jon Blitt of Mile High Media, and was recently hailed by Nightline ABC as the top female adult film director. Nica has been a published writer for many years, and her work has appeared in numerous national magazines and websites. Aside from her continuing work in adult films, Nica is also an avid science and nature writer, and she is currently writing a book about urban wildlife and the relationship between humans and backyard animals. 5/25/10 Free View In iTunes

12 ExplicitVideoMatthew Lawrence: On Failing to Make Bad Porn Matthew Lawrence is a blogger, curator, and pop music enthusiast who lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island, where indoor prostitution was totally legal until last month. 5/25/10 Free View In iTunes

13 ExplicitVideoReverend Jen reads from her book Live Nude Elf Reverend Jen is a performer, painter, playwright, columnist, Troll Museum Curator, underground movie star, open mike host, ASS Magazine founder and elf. She is a columnist for www.artnet.com and a former sex columnist for http://www.nerve.com. Her books include Live Nude Elf: the Sexperiments of Reverend Jen, Sex Symbol for the Insane, Reverend Jen’s Really Cool Neighborhood and a number of handmade books that can be found in collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the MoMA Library and the Warhol Museum. 5/23/10 Free View In iTunes

14 ExplicitVideoTwisted Monk: My Life as a Unicorn Twisted Monk is dubbed “a unicorn” by his friends, because he is so many things that aren’t supposed to exist. Before launching his bondage rope company, this former Eagle Scout and evangelical missionary was a software cowboy, an actor/stuntman, and a film maker. Six years ago, Monk’s mother-in-law gave him Midori’s rope bondage book, and a ropemaker was born. Today, in addition to running the world’s largest bondage rope company, Monk enjoys a career as a sex worker, writer, activist, educator, and entertainer. 5/23/10 Free View In iTunes

15 ExplicitVideoGuy Gonzalez: Glory Days in Peep Shows on the Deuce Guy Gonzales. Peepstar. Hustler. Notorious Nude Club Manager. Outlaw Artist and Writer. Warrior. From peddling firecrackers to live sex shows, legendary hardcore hustler Guy Gonzales was born in Manhattan of Asian-American ancestry. Despite the façade of a decent upbringing, he became enticed by the filthy streets. Flesh emporiums fueled his incentive; in 1982 Guy gravitated to Times Square, a reputed red-light district, and began as a cashier/mop-man in the adult peep shows. While swabbing pools of disgrace, he dated a Private Booth showgirl; subsequently they became a Love-Team, performing live sex acts on stage. On a mattress stained with bodily fluids, he penetrated even deeper into the inner sanctum of smut. Guy’s artwork, articles, and photo essays have been featured in Screw, Hustler, Swank, Vibe, the Village Voice, and Penthouse Forum. Featured in TimeOutNY as the leader of the Mortuary Squad, an elite task force that documents the underbelly; and the 40th Anniversary Issue of New York Magazine. A+E ‘Biography’ entitled ‘Times Square’ chronicled his unusual experiences, with interviews and illustrations. Exhibitions include 5/22/10 Free View In iTunes

16 ExplicitVideoBarbara Carrellas: Connecting at the Harmony Barbara Carrellas is the author of Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century and Luxurious Loving: Tantric Inspirations for Passion and Pleasure. Barbara’s pioneering Urban Tantra® workshops were named best in New York City by TimeOut/New York magazine. Barbara delights in blurring the lines between sacred and profane, enlightened and perverted, pleasure and pain. 5/20/10 Free View In iTunes

17 ExplicitVideoCandida Royalle: Embarrassing Things I've Done for Money - My Early Years in Porn Candida Royalle began her long and colorful career in sex work as a porn star before pioneering the genre of female-centric erotic films through her company, Femme Productions in 1984. Continuing to innovate in the area of women’s sexual pleasure she partnered with a Dutch industrial designer to create the groundbreaking Natural Contours line of sleek stylish vibrators. Looking to share all she’s learned through out her illustrious life and career she penned “How to Tell a Naked Man What to Do” (Simon & Schuster). She’s a founding board-member of Feminists for Free Expression (FFE) . 5/20/10 Free View In iTunes

18 ExplicitVideoRaven Koch: Goddesses, Sinners, and Saviors Raven Koch (AKA Raven Melissa, Raven Strega, Bunny Nose Best) is the bastard daughter of an orphan mother, and as such, always delights in finding the sweetness and humanity in liminal experience. 5/19/10 Free View In iTunes

19 ExplicitVideoAimee DeLong: A Germaphobe in the Peep Booths Aimee DeLong is a writer and performer, living in New York. 5/18/10 Free View In iTunes

20 ExplicitVideoJo Weldon reads from her book The Burlesque Handbook Jo Weldon is the Headmistress and Founder of the New York School of Burlesque. 5/17/10 Free View In iTunes

21 ExplicitVideoVanessa Del Rio: Goddesses, Sinners, and Saviors Vanessa del Rio is the all-time queen of the Latina sex stars, a lusty, exotic slice of mocha-skinned sensuality. Her name is synonymous with fiery, unrestrained sex at its rawest. Vanessa made her erotic debut in 1974’s ‘CHAIN DOLL,’ and was a top star right up until her retirement in 1986. Her enthusiasm for all kinds of wild sex made her one of the most bankable of 70’s and 80’s stars. Producers and fans knew that the name Vanessa del Rio meant sexual abandon, plain and simple. Vanessa del Rio appeared in nearly 100 films and videos during her 12-year career and never disappointed fans of lust-crazed Latin erotica. A member of the X-Rated Critics Organization’s Performers Hall of Fame, Vanessa is still one of the best-loved, most fondly remembered sex stars of all time, a bad girl with a feverish hunger for nasty, all-out sex. Vanessa del Rio has been mentioned in countless RAP Music Videos appeared on various talk shows and played herself on ABC’s N.Y.P.D Blue. 5/16/10 Free View In iTunes

22 ExplicitVideoJillian Lauren reads from her book Some Girls: My Life in a Harem Jillian Lauren is the author of the memoir Some Girls: My Life in a Harem. She has an MFA from Antioch University and her writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, Flaunt Magazine, Pindeldyboz Magazine and Opium Magazine, among others. Her novel, Pretty, is scheduled to be released from Plume in January 2011. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son. Her blog is regularly updated with notes about her life, her family, and her writing. 5/9/10 Free View In iTunes

23 ExplicitVideoMiss Calico: On Stripping Miss Calico has dabbled in sex work for about four years now. 5/8/10 Free View In iTunes

24 ExplicitVideoDavid Henry Sterry: My First Time David Henry Sterry is an author, performer, educator, activist, and a man who hasn’t worn matching socks in 20 years. David is the author of 11 books, the first of which was published in 2001. Prior to becoming an author, David was a professional actor and screenwriter. He is the co-host of Sex Worker Literati. 5/5/10 Free View In iTunes

25 ExplicitVideoAudacia Ray: My First Time (A Sex Work Story) AboutAudacia Ray is a media maker and activist who is passionate about sexual rights. Presently, Audacia is the Program Officer for Online Communications and Campaigns at the International Women’s Health Coalition and the co-host of the monthly reading series Sex Worker Literati in New York. Dacia is the author of Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing In on Internet Sexploration and an adjunct professor of Human Sexuality at Rutgers University. Audacia is a former sex worker who was an executive editor at $pread magazine for three years and is a co-founder of advocacy organization Sex Work Awareness, for which she edits the public education blog Sex Work 101 and provides media training workshops for sex workers. Dacia is also the award-winning director and producer of the porn feature The Bi Apple as well as the producer and star of the comedic film short Dacia’s Love Machine. She has blogged at WakingVixen.com since 2004. 5/3/10 Free View In iTunes

26 ExplicitVideoChelsea G. Summers: My First Time at Flashdancers In order to fund her Ph.D. habit, Chelsea G. Summers worked most of the go-go ’90s as a stripper. Later, she found herself uninspired to write her doctoral dissertation and thus she began writing her award-winning blog, pretty dumb things, in March 2005. Since then, Chelsea’s work has appeared in magazines like GQ and Penthouse and in multiple anthologies. She has been interviewed by the legendary Susie Bright for her Audible.com show “In Bed With Susie Bright,” and her work has been featured in fine online publications such as Filthy Gorgeous Things.com. Chelsea is currently working on any number of projects, when she isn’t suffering from paralyzing crises of confidence. Chelsea lives and sometimes writes in glamorous New York City. 4/26/10 Free View In iTunes

27 ExplicitVideoJennifer Blowdryer: My First Time Making Porn Jennifer Blowdryer was delighted to meet other people with funny names when she moved to NYC in 1985. Spider Webb and Annie Sprinkle introduced her to the mutual exploitation hack erotica circuit, and she proudly launched Smut Fests at a lap dancing parlour in 1988. Read more of her stuff: http://jenniferblowdryer.com/ 2/11/10 Free View In iTunes

28 ExplicitVideoAudacia Ray: Media W***e This video features Audacia Ray reading "Media W***e," the tale of her misadventures with sex work and being thrust into the spotlight by the mainstream media.Audacia Ray is a media maker and activist who is passionate about sexual rights. Presently, Audacia is the Program Officer for Online Communications and Campaigns at the International Women’s Health Coalition, an adjunct professor of Human Sexuality at Rutgers University, and the co-host of the monthly reading series Sex Worker Literati in New York.Dacia is the author of Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing In on Internet Sexploration. Audacia is a former sex worker who was an executive editor at $pread magazine for three years and is a co-founder of advocacy organization Sex Work Awareness. 2/7/10 Free View In iTunes

29 ExplicitVideoMegan Andelloux on Dildos and Adult Sex Education in Rhode Island Megan Andelloux works as a board certified sexologist and sexuality educator. 2/1/10 Free View In iTunes

30 ExplicitVideoDylan Ryan on Love, Cheating, and Sex Work Dylan Ryan is a porn star, student, performance artist, sometimes-writer, dancer and all around ho. 1/30/10 Free View In iTunes

31 ExplicitVideoIgnacio Rivera performs an excerpt of "Dancer" Ignacio Rivera is a Queer, gender fluid, Trans- Entity, Black Boricua performance artist, lecturer/trainer, activist, new filmmaker, sex worker and self-proclaimed sex educator. Ignacio is the founder of Poly Patao Productions. P3 is dedicated to producing sex-positive workshops, performance pieces, films, play parties, panel discussions, social/political groups and educational opportunities that are specially geared toward queer women, transgender, multi-gender, gender-queer, gender non-conforming and gender variant people of color. Ignacio is also one of the founding board member of Queers for Economic Justice, a progressive non-profit organization committed to promoting economic justice in a context of sexual and gender liberation. 1/24/10 Free View In iTunes

32 ExplicitVideoZak Smith reads from his book "We Did Porn" Zak Smith is an artist and occasional porn actor whose paintings and drawings are held in major public and private collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. We Did Porn— a book including drawings and stories about his experiences working in the adult film industry—is his third book and his first to include writing. He lives and works in Los Angeles. Zak reads from his new book We Did Porn. 1/21/10 Free View In iTunes

33 ExplicitVideoGerry Visco: A Lookalike, Two Go-Go Boys, and a Tale of NYC Gerry Visco is illegally blonde. A writer, performer, photographer, fashionista, and radio show host on WKCR FM, she regularly covers parties, events, and the arts for New York Press in a weekly column and has also published stories and photographs in The Village Voice, Try State Magazine, birdsong, Gawker, the New York Sun, New York Magazine, Fit Yoga, Beyond Race, New York Blade Gay City News, $pread Magazine, and other publications in print and online. She's shown her photographs at Gallery U in Montclair, New Jersey, Envoy Gallery, and Artflux. She’s currently writing a tell-all memoir about her colorful life as muse, FIT student, actor, f*g hag, rent girl, and disco diva in the gritty glamorous world of New York City during the 1970s and 1980s. Her latest project is Gerrification, a global effort designed to bring joy and beauty to America and the world. Everyone needs a makeover. Far better than Paxil or Prozac, dressing like Gerry will improve your mood and your life just by being photographed donning her signature platinum wig, cat-eye glasses, and a spangly outfit. 1/20/10 Free View In iTunes

34 ExplicitVideoThe Secret Diary of Melissa Grant Melissa Gira (“jee-rha”) Grant is a writer, and also an educator and artist working in sex & technology. She’s a contributor to Gawker and BlackBook, and a columnist for $pread. Her work has also appeared online at Slate, The Frisky. and RH Reality Check, and in print in Make:, Best Sex Writing 2008 (Cleis Press) and Dirty Girls (Seal Press). 1/17/10 Free View In iTunes

35 ExplicitVideoMelissa Petro: Stripping in Mexico Melissa Petro is a researcher, writer, educator, feminist and former sex worker. She is published in Research for Sex Work, Post Road and the forthcoming anthology Sex Work Matters: Power and Intimacy in the Sex Industry. She earned an MFA from the New School in 2007 and is currently at work on a memoir. 11/22/09 Free View In iTunes

36 ExplicitVideoJodi Sh. Doff Gets a Straight Job: After Hours Club Run by the Mob Jodi Sh. Doff, aka Scarlett Fever, has written for BUST, Penthouse, Playgirl, Tear, Cosmopolitan; been included in Best American Erotica ‘95, Bearing Life, Between the Sheets & The Bust Guide to a New Girl Order. She’s one of the Three Naked Ladies, a weekly online series taking a behind the scenes peek at stripping then & now. There’s a memoir of her ten years in pre-Disney Times Square topless business in the works. 11/12/09 Free View In iTunes

37 ExplicitVideoLauri Shaw on Stripping and Story Telling Lauri Shaw skipped out on college and the American dream in favor of NYC’s colorful nudie bars of the late 90’s, right before Mayor Rudy Giuliani took his pickaxe to Times Square as we knew it. She never regretted her transfer to the world-famous School of Hard Knocks, and she graduated Magna Cum Laude. 11/10/09 Free View In iTunes

38 ExplicitVideoZoe Hansen on Being Paid for Anti-Semitism Zoe Hansen came to New York as a runaway teen in 1984, with two hundred dollars and a heroin habit. She lived in the Lower East Side when burnt out buildings were the norm and everyone went to Save The Robots and Danceteria. She entered the sex industry at 17 years old,& went on to become a phone girl, street ho, call girl, brothel worker and eventually successful madam. She continues to live in the East Village with her husband & child, where she is working on her memoir ‘My American Dream ~ Going Down in Gotham’. 10/14/09 Free View In iTunes

39 ExplicitVideoJustin Jones: "Casting Shadows" Hustling & Fetish Justin Jones is the pen name for a writer who currently splits his time between San Francisco and Big Sur, where he is furiously penning a scandalous book about his semi-scandalous life as an Olympic hopeful turned dot com drone turned traveling escort. 10/8/09 Free View In iTunes

40 ExplicitVideoSinnamon Love: "I Am Officially a S**t" Sinnamon Love is an African American pornographic actress, fetish model, and glamour model. She is a single mother of three children. Love began performing in adult films in the early 1990s and has since appeared in around 200 movies. She directed the movie My Black Ass 4, which received nominations at the 2001 AVN Awards for Best Ethnic-Themed Video and Best Anal Sex Scene (Video). In 2003 she was on the cover of the first issue of the hip hop and pornography magazine Fish ’N Grits with hip hop star Redman. She has survived a bout with ovarian cancer, but lost an ovary and a fallopian tube. 10/6/09 Free View In iTunes

41 ExplicitVideoEssence Revealed reads from her one woman show -- 9/24/09 Free View In iTunes

42 ExplicitVideoAudacia Ray reads "Tiny Town" at Sex Worker Literati -- 9/24/09 Free View In iTunes

43 ExplicitVideoJodi Sh. Doff reads "Lele" In the New York Times Book Review on Sunday, August 23rd, Toni Bentley writes this about Jodi Sh. Doff's piece:“Lele,” a piece by Jodi Sh. Doff, who “grew up in the suburbs as someone else entirely,” recalls Henry Miller’s in-your-face exposition. She tells of a night at Diamond Lil’s on Canal Street, where “Viva’s sitting onstage, legs spread wide.” While her customer is buried and busy, she holds a cigarette in one hand, a drink in the other, and chitchats with a girlfriend about another girlfriend. “Every two minutes or so Viva taps him on the head and he hands her a 20 from a stack of bills he’s holding, never looking up.” We see in this wonderful set piece the whole money/sex connection enacted with raw charm and an immediacy that reaches far beyond this strip club, as the man’s stack of 20s, one by one, becomes hers. Multitasking Viva holds them “folded lengthwise in her cigarette hand.”Read more of Jodi's writing at http://dirtygirldiaries.com 9/1/09 Free View In iTunes

44 ExplicitVideoZoe Hansen at In the Flesh L Z Hansen grew up in London England. She quit school at fifteen: expelled from numerous schools, and eventually diagnosed as dyslexic. She studied fashion design at Kings-way Princeton, where she lasted a year, more interested in clubs and the streets than the classroom. 8/26/09 Free View In iTunes

45 ExplicitVideoJennifer Blowdryer at In the Flesh In 1978, at 17, Jennifer Blowdryer began to sing with her very own punk band, The Blowdryers. In 1983 – 84, she put together her first book, Modern English: A Photo Illustrated Trendy Slang Dictionary. In 1984, she was singing in a party band, White Trash Debutante and got a fellowship to the Writing Division of Columbia U. 8/26/09 Free View In iTunes

46 ExplicitVideoDavid Henry Sterry reads at In the Flesh David Henry Sterry is a bestselling author, Huffington Post regular, award winning actor/comic, book doctor, teacher, activist, and a man who hasn’t worn matching socks in years. He is writer of and performer in the one-man show "Chicken", based on his bestselling memoir Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent (ReganBooks: 2002), which has been translated into nine languages, and is being made into a series by Showtime. He is an editor of a new anthology by Soft Skull Press: Hos, Hustlers, Callgirls and Rentboys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex. www.davidhenrysterry.comThis story is from the anthology Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys and was performed at In the Flesh, hosted by Rachel Kramer Bussel on August 20, 2009. 8/26/09 Free View In iTunes

47 ExplicitVideoMolly Crabapple on Being a Naked Model Reading SeriesPhoto by Sinead McCarthy, design by Sinclair SexsmithSex Worker LiteratiHosted by Audacia Ray & David Henry SterryHappy Ending, 302 Broome Street between Forsyth and Eldridge, in New York City First Thursday of the Month. Doors at 7 pm, reading from 8-10FREE Portion of proceeds from the bar supports sex workers rights groupsBest-selling author David Henry Sterry and sexuality rights activist Audacia Ray, both former workers in the sex industry, are proud to announce Sex Worker Literati, a new free monthly reading series that features sex workers, former sex workers, and people with stories about the sex industry who will read, monologue, perform, and shimmy their ways into your hearts, minds, and naughty bits. The series kicks off at 8 pm on Thursday, August 6 at the Lower East Side staple Happy Ending (302 Broome Street), which fittingly enough was once an erotic massage parlor. On the first Thursday of every month, Sterry and Ray will showcase a diverse set of performers who have stories to tell about the business of sex.The reading series is inspired by a new anthology edited by David Henry Sterry and RJ Martin, Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Work & Money published in July 2009 by Soft Skull. After Sterry asked Ray to contribute a piece to the anthology, they began to discuss collaboration possibilities. The results are the Sex Worker Literati reading series and the website hoshookercallgirlsrentboys.com, which features writings by sex workers, sneak peeks at the book, and videos featuring anthology contributors.The Sex Worker Literati inaugural reading on August 6 features six performers from all corners of the sex business. Blues diva and pinup girl Candye Kane, Times Square wild girl Jodi Sh. Doff, Scandinavian/African rent boy Damien Decker, and ex-teenage ho/ award-winning filmmaker Juliana Piccillo are all contributors to the anthology. They will be joined by renowned artist and former nude model Molly Crabapple, who is the illustrator and co-author of the graphic novel Scarlett Takes Manhattan and former go-go dancer and porn producer Sam Benjamin, author of Confessions of an Ivy League Pornographer.Those in far-away lands who are unable to attend the reading series in New York will be able to enjoy some of the performances online: videos, photos, and stories will be published on hoshookerscallgirlsrentboys.com. We are also planning events for the anthology around the country, so check the website or become a fan on Facebook to find out more.August 6th Inaugural Reading Line UpStarring: Candye Kane, Molly Crabapple, Jodi Sh. Doff, Sam Benjamin, Juliana Piccillo, and Damien DeckerMolly Crabapple is an artist, author, and the founder of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, a 90 city chain of alt. drawing clubs. Called a “Downtown phenomenon” by the New York Times and “THE artist of our time” by Margaret Cho, Molly has drawn for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Marvel Comics. During college, she was a professional naked girl. Her first graphic novel, Scarlett Takes Manhattan, is out now from Fugu Press.Molly read at the inaugural Sex Worker Literati in NYC on August 6th. 8/25/09 Free View In iTunes

48 ExplicitVideoAudacia Ray reads "Hot Flush of Cash and Lust" Audacia Ray is a media maker and activist who is passionate about sexual rights. She is the author of Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing In On Internet Sexploration (Seal Press, 2007) and is the award-winning director and producer of the porn feature The Bi Apple as well as the producer and star of the comedic film short Dacia’s Love Machine. Audacia is a former sex worker who was an executive editor at $pread magazine for three years and is a co-founder of advocacy organization Sex Work Awareness. Dacia has been writing her personal blog, Waking Vixen, since 2004. www.audaciaray.comDacia's piece "Hot Flush of Cash and Lust" appears in the anthology Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys 8/22/09 Free View In iTunes

49 ExplicitVideoSam Benjamin: About Being a Pornographer Sam Benjamin is a graduate of Brown University (1999), a former go-go dancer, and the director of over one thousand Los Angeles-based interracial g******gs, gay and straight. His book, “Confessions of An Ivy League Pornographer,” is a memoir of a youth well spent. This piece was performed at Sex Worker Literati in New York City on August 6, 2009. 8/18/09 Free View In iTunes

50 ExplicitVideoCandye Kane Sings and Talks about the Sex Industry Candye Kane may still be a well-kept mainstream secret but in most underground circles, her diva status is legendary. She has been making music professionally for over two decades and toured worldwide since 1992, performing for amazingly diverse audiences. She played at the French Embassy in Rome for the President of Italy, headlined the Rhythm Riot, a rockabilly and R&B festival in the UK, and belted it out alongside Ray Charles at the Cognac Blues Festival. She slayed em’ at the Cannes Film Festival, kept them enthralled at New York Gay Pride and most recently, helped organize a thirteen city tour of the Netherlands for special needs kids. Learn more and hear her sing on her website.In this video of her performance at Sex Worker Literati in NYC on August 6, 2009, Candye talks about growing up, using the sex industry as a springboard for her music career, and moving up through the ranks of the country and blues music scenes. She also sings two songs, a Memphis Minnie tune and an original. 8/10/09 Free View In iTunes

51 ExplicitVideoSex Worker Literati August 2009 Inaugural Event This video of the Sex Worker Literati inaugural reading from August 6 features four performers from all corners of the sex business: blues diva and pinup girl Candye Kane, Times Square wild girl Jodi Sh. Doff, renowned artist and former nude model Molly Crabapple, and porn producer Sam Benjamin.Videos of full performances posted on Tuesdays.Sex Worker LiteratiHosted by Audacia Ray & David Henry SterryHappy Ending, 302 Broome Street between Forsyth and Eldridge, in New York City First Thursday of the Month. Doors at 7 pm, reading from 8-10FREE Portion of proceeds from the bar supports sex workers rights groupsBest-selling author David Henry Sterry and sexuality rights activist Audacia Ray, both former workers in the sex industry, are proud to announce Sex Worker Literati, a new free monthly reading series that features sex workers, former sex workers, and people with stories about the sex industry who will read, monologue, perform, and shimmy their ways into your hearts, minds, and naughty bits. The series kicks off at 8 pm on Thursday, August 6 at the Lower East Side staple Happy Ending (302 Broome Street), which fittingly enough was once an erotic massage parlor. On the first Thursday of every month, Sterry and Ray will showcase a diverse set of performers who have stories to tell about the business of sex. 8/8/09 Free View In iTunes

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