Sex Is No Emergency by Dorothy Max Prior - ISBN: 9781913689810
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Post-punk, psychedelics, art, and parenting: 1980s Britain at its wildest.

Sex Is No Emergency

Adventures in a Post Punk Wonderland

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    2 September 2025

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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 the 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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781913689810
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:203mm x 152mm
About The Author

Dorothy Max Prior

Dorothy Max Prior is a writer and artist-London born and bred but currently living in Brighton. As an artist she works in performance, spoken word and sound installation. She is editor of Total Theatre Magazine, and writes for and edits other arts publications. She also has a fortnightly show on Slack City Radio called “Granny (Max) Takes a Trip.” In other lives, Max was a punk muse, post-punk drummer (with Rema Rema and Psychic TV, amongst others) and exotic dancer. Somewhere along the way, she has taught ballroom dancing, and toured the world as a cabaret dancer, street theater performer, choreographer, and director.

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