Category: featured posts
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wallace short documentary
The Wallace documentary is now available for free online! You can watch all 17 minutes of it where it is currently hosted at Film Shortage (or below)! Film Description: In the tiny mining town of Wallace, Idaho, old west brothels were open and tolerated up until the year of 1991. The short documentary, Wallace, takes…
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wallace film premiere
I helped make a documentary called Wallace, and it just made its world premiere at the Sun Valley Film Festival. Now, we’re bringing the short film back to its hometown on the last Friday & Saturday of April. Where: The Sixth Street Melodrama & Theater in Wallace, IdahoDates and Times: April 26th and 27th, with showings…
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independent bookstore day!
Quick update for you–I’ll be at the Well-Read Moose in Coeur d’Alene this Saturday, April 28 (2018) at 6:00 PM for an Independent Bookstore Day author event. Come say hi! And mark your calendar for Wednesday, June 13 (2018). I’ll be doing an author event starting at 11:45 am in Spokane Valley. More details on…
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nostalgia feature and readings
In case you missed it, my research was featured in a recent Nostalgia video! Thought I would share it again below… If you want to learn more, come to my book talk with photos at BookPeople in Moscow, 7:00 pm, Thursday, March 8. Nostalgia Presents: ‘Chuck King’s Guide to Spokane History’ Episode 4: ‘Selling Sex…
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race and the houses
Were there ever any women of color who worked there [in the brothels]? You know, for guys who wanted someone a little more, you know, like, ‘exotic’ or ‘spicy?’ Kayla, the events coordinator for Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane, asked me this question after my reading last week. She trailed off toward the end of her question,…
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interview with “the honest courtesan”
What I do is perfectly legal when it’s free. — Maggie McNeill Today I am excited to finally share an interview with the lovely Maggie McNeill aka The Honest Courtesan. McNeill lives in the Seattle area, where she is a whore for hire and outspoken advocate of sex worker rights. She writes a popular blog,…
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spokane public radio interview
Come see me at the Sixth Street Melodrama this Saturday from 2:00-4:00 pm! I’ll be reading with three other authors after the Founder’s Day parade. We will all be selling and signing books as well. For more information about this Saturday’s big event, click here: https://www.wallacefoundersday.com/events. Yesterday I drove over to Spokane Public Radio to talk…