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Stephen Elliott
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RECESSION SEX WORKERS #8: The Sex and Politics of Antonia Crane
Antonia Crane has worked many jobs in the sex industry. She’s done escort, BDSM, porn, and stripping. She’s also been very engaged with sex worker activism.
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Defending Memoir, or, The Problem with Taylor
Journalism is hard, underpaid work, and attacking memoir is low hanging fruit, especially when it’s so tied to the celebrity memoir and the platform writer, the worst impulses of the publishing industry.
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The Rumpus Interview with MC Lars
I was taken with the lyrics, the energy, and pure joy of the performance.
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Why I Write
It’s natural to want more, to grow, to change, to grow up. But it’s easy to forget why we do what we do.
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The Rumpus Interview with Jill Sobule
Her songs are unique. They tell stories about human beings, real and imagined, which allow us to step back from the issue, be it personal or social, and relate to it as we would a friend.
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An Oral History of Myself #11: Ashley
I put myself in the group home. I was in the therapist office with my mom and I said, “I give up. I’m not going to try anymore,” meaning getting along with my mom, and he suggested the group home.
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An Oral History of Thao Nguyen
It comes down to mental health. I think I have been nuts for the past year and a half or two years because I didn’t have anything rooting me anywhere.
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An Oral History of Myself #10: Jenni
I treat people the way I’m treated, with the same respect. I’m not worried about your feelings.
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An Oral History of Myself #9: Joe
In 2005 I began interviewing people I grew up with and transcribing the interviews, creating a kind of memoir but in other people’s words. This is the ninth interview; you can read the interviews with Roger, John, Dan, Pat, Aaron, Fat…
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An Oral History of Myself #8: Mr. Miller
In 2005 I began interviewing people I grew up with and transcribing the interviews, creating a kind of memoir but in other people’s words. What’s most interesting turns out not so much to be the things we remember differently as…
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An Oral History of Myself #7: Fat Mike
In 2005 I began interviewing people I grew up with and transcribing the interviews, creating a kind of memoir but in other people’s words.
