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Informationen zum Autor Rochelle Hurt is a poet and essayist. Her other books include In Which I Play the Runaway , which won the Barrow Street Book Prize, and The Rusted City: A Novel in Poems . Her work has been included in Poetry magazine and the Best New Poets anthology series, and she's been awarded prizes and fellowships from Poetry International , Arts & Letters , Vermont Studio Center, Jentel, and Yaddo. Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, she now lives in Orlando and teaches in the MFA program at the University of Central Florida. Klappentext -Mixes genres: poetry, fiction, screenplay -Coming of age story of 5 teen girls in the Rust Belt dealing with the traumas of unstable homes, sexual assault, drugs, and closeted queerness -2021 winner of the Blue Light Books Prize from Indiana Review Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Cast List Opening Credits: Adoration of the J Girls Episode 1: The J Girls Get High Less is More Jen's Prayer for Effacement Wifebeaters Middling Thigh High Ode on My Upspeak Commercial Break: Bath & Body Works Pastoral Episode 2: The J Girls Chase Tail To My '81 Chevy Celebrity Weeknight Jen's Prayer for Containment Ode to the C Word The Birth of Anger at the Roller Skating Rink Origins & Outcomes The Cut Felt Round the World Commercial Break: Lip Smacker Fantasia Episode 3: The J Girls Give Face Pluralizing Mall Haunts Glitter Ode Demolition Derby Queens Dangling Modifier Ponytail Politic Cunts in Girls' Room oo yay & eye yay Commercial Break: Wet n Wild Romance Episode 4: The J Girls Get Caught (on Camera) Documentary What the Thief Learned to Take Early Jen's Prayer for Exposure Viral Ode to an Empty Womb Mimi Double Negative Commercial Break: Avon Grotesque Episode 5: The J Girls Reunion Y2K Confessions Episode 6: The J Girls Cash Out Selfward Silence is Golden- Circular Argument I Could Eat You Up Who Taught You That One? Can I Call You Ellie? McDonald's 4-ever Possessives End Credits: Beatitudes for Meek Girls Acknowledgments ...