Sex Work & Other Sins

Julianne King's second collection of poetry, Sex Work and Other Sins is another stark look at life under the microscope of Midwestern ideals and hypocrisies.

Unapologetic and honest, King once again forces forbidden topics to the forefront as she grapples with defining morality in the light of survival. Family, poverty, desperation, and humanity are laid bare in this unflinching journey. King returns with writing that is brutal and evocative in its honesty as she drives toward blistering indictments of herself, her family, and society as a whole. Sex Work and Other Sins holds up a mirror to the reader and asks: What would you have done?