Vanessa Carlisle

Vanessa Carlisle holds a PhD in Creative Writing, Literature and Gender Studies. She is the author of A Crack in Everything (2010) as well as stories and essays appearing in PULP!, NinthLetter, Juked, Men Undressed, We Too: Stories of Sex Work and Survival, n+1, and many more. As a queer femme sex worker, death doula, activist, and educator, Vanessa's work calls for big change while celebrating the beauty and complexity of her communities here and now. She is published in many literary magazines including her article "How to Build a Hookers Army," has a forthcoming piece in the South Atlantic Quarterly, and is the co-author of zine Don't Hate My Heels.