Dirty Money by Ayn Imperato
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A girl. A city. A great quantity of alcohol. Dirty jobs in a dirty town. Art as survival or sanity or both. Men in red devil suits. Tremendous amounts of devilish behavior. Covering oneself in mud and prancing around for a hundred dollars. Then doing it again for less. Life. Love. Giving a fuck. Not giving in. Giving it all up for what matters.
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Also available at Powell's, Borders, Barnes & Noble and Last GaspReviews:
"Humorous, poetic, and real...delivers a punch of social realism and a wrench to the heart."-Bad Subjects
"Sheer honesty...An interesting life and she knows how to write about it. I guarantee you'll sit down and read "Dirty Money" in one sitting. If you're like me, you'll finish it and flip back to the front to reread it all again...This isn't run of the mill, personal writing that you find in most zines these days. This is quality stuff."
-Deep Fry Bonanza
"A fine, sparky writer from the SF punk scene merits attentiton for her stories about people lost in the shuffle of gentrified "alternative" culture...near perfect attempt to capture the contradictions and inspirations rising from her interactions in this world."
-I-D magazine
"A tone that is sometimes deadpan, other times heartfelt, and always distinctly edgy...a fun, fast read."
-Boulder Weekly