Sex Is No Emergency
Adventures in a Post Punk Wonderland
$42.66
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2025
Summary
Further adventures in a post-punk wonderland from the author of the acclaimed 69 Exhibition Road.
In this new volume, focusing on the 1980s, Dorothy Max Prior recalls her days as a ballroom dancing tutor in South Kensington, drumming and touring with infamous experimental pansexual psychedelic rock group Psychic TV, exploring London and New York City’s queer clubbing undergrounds, the tangled worlds of the UK’s indie music scene at the height of its influence, performance art…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913689810 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1913689816 |
| Author: | Dorothy Max Prior |
| Publisher: | Strange Attractor Press |
| Imprint: | Strange Attractor Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 203mm |
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Dorothy Max Prior
Dorothy Max Prior is a writer and artist, born and bred in London but currently living in Brighton. As an artist, she works in performance, spoken word, and sound installation. She is the editor of Total Theatre Magazine and writes for and edits other arts publications. She also hosts a fortnightly show on Slack City Radio called “Granny (Max) Takes a Trip.”
In previous ventures, Max was a punk muse, a post-punk drummer (with Rema Rema and Psychic TV, among others), and an exotic dancer. She has also taught ballroom dancing and toured the world as a cabaret dancer, street theater performer, choreographer, and director.
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