false 46640 1 Publishers Weekly called Michelle Tea "a modern-day Beat, a kind of pop ambassador to the world of the tattooed, pierced, politicized and sex-radical queer-grrls of San Francisco. [She] dramatizes the hopes and hurts, apathies and ambitions of young lesbians looking for love in the Mission District." Rent Girl continues Tea's graphic and uncompromising autobiographical bender, telling the story of her years as a prostitute, with provocative and richly illustrated work by Laurenn McCubbin. 2552851 8 2004 Rent Girl total:694|5:169|4:263|3:189|2:63|1:10| 694 2600 997 83 1 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 18:16:05 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 13:38:41 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Aug 31 01:50:40 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 11 18:17:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 19:57:15 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 12:40:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Dec 16 10:23:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 19:08:24 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 07:34:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 20 15:31:45 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 15:40:25 -0800 2008 I don't understand why Tea couldn't just make Rent Girl a novel.
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The story, fiction or memoi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 03 14:40:40 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 06 19:24:10 -0800 2008 Rent Girl by Michelle Tea and Laurenn McCubbin I thought it was a novel. And it is, but not a traditional novel because it is illustrated. But it’s not a graphic novel, either. There are no panels or dialog balloons. But the illustrations are as much a part of the story as the tex...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Oct 30 12:21:20 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 14:07:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 11:21:41 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 10 12:04:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 19 12:13:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 17:42:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 18:15:02 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 18:18:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Sep 14 11:42:21 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 11:44:27 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Nov 29 10:41:10 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 10:43:11 -0800 2008 a few ]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 12 09:58:56 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 10:00:03 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Jan 05 15:50:11 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 15:50:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 08:14:04 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 08:14:04 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Feb 29 08:49:22 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 08:49:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jan 27 12:52:30 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 05:50:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri May 02 10:15:36 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 10:15:36 -0700 2008 Valencia to be pretty disappointing -- her character has one self-styled adventure after another, but never evolves (or grows up). The text in Rent Girl is also entertaining but unsatisfying, a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 25 15:17:17 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 16:19:57 -0700 2007 more...]]>