One of the newest member of the Strebor Family, Jessica Holter, aka Ghetto Girl Blue, is a poet, mother, orator, performer, and a rape and molestation survivor. After the death of Eric "Easy E" Wright of AIDS complications, she was inspired to create Punany: The Hip Hop Psalms, her first book of poetry and safer sex themes. The Author now has 6 books, including the recently released Verbal Penetration, published by Zane through Simon & Schuster. Through her work on the page and the stage she continues to promote sexual healing and spiritual uplift to abuse survivors and the people who love and support them. Her efforts in promoting AIDS awareness are also well known. She made her television debut on HBO in the year 2000 and has appeared on Playboy TV, Cinemax, London 5, and Black Entertainment Television. A recent Joint Venture Agreement with Zane and Suzanne de Passe Entertainment, will find her returning not only to television as a writer/producer but also to film and DVD. She lives in Oakland, California, and tours the nation and the Caribbean with a provocative show that promotes sexual healing and HIV/AIDS awareness. Visit the author at www.JessicaHolter.com or email her at ghettogirlblue@yahoo.com For performance dates go to www.PunanyTickets.com

Verbal Penetration
About the Book Verbal Penetration Powerful, provocative, and raw, The Punany Poets take readers on an extraordinary erotic journey, melding poetry, short stories, and prose to explore the essence of Black male and female sexuality. The Punany Poets are pioneers of erotic entertainment, creating lush literary works that also encourage self-empowerment and safer sex. Punany Poets' founder Jessica Holter, whose urban classic Punany: The Hip Hop Psalms was featured on HBO's Real Sex, has adapted the Poets' compositions into a groundbreaking anthology created to rouse the senses and inspire the imagination. Vivid, compelling poems and prose pieces deal with every facet of modern love and lust, and blend tantalizing sensual imagery with an underlying message of urban-rooted AIDS awareness. Never preachy, always original, and guaranteed to stimulate the individual and the couple, Verbal Penetration is unique among poetry anthologies -- a riveting, multi-dimensional erotic experience with heart, soul, and message.

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Jessica Holter is artistic director of The Punany Poets, a group of writers and performers who use poetry, music, and dance in a theatrical format as media in which to portray complex societal circumstances and to address taboo issues. Originally created by Holter as a forum for artists to pursue literary and creative development, The Punany project spearheaded what has now become known as the Black Sexual Revolution, which uses poetry to promote health/sexual safety and AIDS awareness. The Punany Project seeks to educate through entertainment, employing new and innovative methods to deliver complex messages.