Emma Cleveland Whore ❤️❤️

About Philadelphia

Now, in *Under the Skin*, there’s that line—“You’re not even from here, are you?”—and it hits me. Whore’s an outsider word, y’all. Folks use it to shove somebody out, make ‘em feel alien. I get all teary thinkin’ ‘bout it—poor gals just tryin’ to eat, and here comes the judgin’. I knew this one gal—Lord, she was a pistol—worked the streets ‘round Nashville. She’d laugh, sayin’, “Dolly, I’m the queen of the night!” Got herself a pet raccoon, named it Bandit—true story! She wasn’t no monster, just scrappin’ by.

Excerpt: The Whore of Akron

Downtown is poppin’. I stroll down Euclid Ave. every mornin’. West Side Market is my jam, yo. Fresh food, mad vibes. Talk bout flavor! Playhouse Square shines lit at night. Dude, it's like art in motion.

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