David Henry Sterry's Reviews
Reviews of David’s Work
Published by NPR
The BEST book I've read
this year is David Henry Sterry's Master of Ceremonies. Sterry was the Master
of Ceremonies of Chippendale's (the male strip club) in the mid '80s. This...
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Aug.26.2009
Published by The Rumpus
The standout offering, however, is Juliana Piccillo’s “Vice,” an exploration of her relationship with an invasive and needy client that rendered her alternately gratified and...
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Aug.23.2009
Published by Sunday New York Times
"An eye-opening, astonishing, honest and funny collection from those who really have lived on the edge in a parallel universe… Unpretentious and riveting, their tales are also...
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Aug.20.2009
Published by The New York Times
But if you want to know the real price of pleasure, ask the strippers, streetwalkers, Craigslist prostitutes, phone-sex operators, madams, pimps, drug addicts, porn stars and “...
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Aug.10.2009
Published by Blog
Sterry and Martin have managed to bring together a crazy quilt of essays, and work the fabric of the anthology into a rich tapestry. Their successful collaboration initially grew...
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Jun.29.2009
Published by Publisher's Weekly
Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex
Edited by David Henry Sterry and RJ Martin. Soft Skull Press
"The sprawling project,...
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Jul.15.2008
Published by Library Journal
"Master of Ceremonies" is the dizzying, tender, and true story of a fledgling actor whose first break results in a two-year stint as the emcee at Chippendales, in this work that...
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Sterry writes with comic brio… [he] honed a vibrant outrageous writing style and turned out this studiously wild souvenir of a checkered past.
Stunning… Sterry's prose fizzes like fireworks. Every page crackles… Very easy and exciting to read--as laconic as Dashiell Hammett, as viscerally hallucinogenic as Hunter S Thompson. Sex, violence, drugs, love, hate, and great writing all within a single wrapper. What more could you possibly ask for?
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—Janet Maslin, The New York Times, Maurice Newman, Irish Times
About David
David Henry Sterry is a best-selling author, award winning performer, book doctor, activist and muckraker. His newest book is Mort Morte, an illustrated novella. He is a also a Book Doctor who co-authored The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published....
Causes David Sterry Supports
Sex Worker Rights
David’s Favorite Books
Clockwork Orange, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, LA Confidential, Noir of the Century, The Marriage Plot, Telltale Heart,