The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. A quote from Susan Stinson, author of Venus of Chalk, reads “Origami Striptease reads like William S. Burroughs and Djuna Barnes howling at a brutal paper moon.” in small black writing at the top of the cover. The author’s name “Peggy Munson” is at the bottom of the cover in slightly larger white caps. In the centre, in larger white caps, the title “Origami Striptease”. This is written in a red circle with a simple damask pattern around it. The background is a faint, blurred photograph of two women. The woman on the left is the tallest and has blonde hair. The woman on the right has brown hair. Both appear to be wearing sleeveless black dresses. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Sexual Content
• Possibly Outdated Language
• TBD

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Summary:

Origami Striptease is a lyrical love story between a writer and an enigmatic wanderer named Jack. The speaker of the novel is a feisty journalist of tell-all erotica who seduces borderland boys–trannies, butches, and daddies–and doesn t know how quickly she will inhabit the margins she writes about. Written mostly in iambic prose, Origami Striptease takes the reader on a wild ride into lost igloos, snow globes, sinister cakewalks, and a land of paper moose.

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Notes:

This was Munson’s debut novel. It won the 2004 Project: Queerlit contest.

This was book was a 2006 nominee for the Lamda Literary Award for Literary Debut Fiction.

Follow this link to an interview the author gave to Feministing regarding this book.

Follow this link to find the author’s book notes essay.

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Archivist Comments:

In total, I have found 5 reviews, 1 interview and 1 page of book notes on this book so my information is a bit limited. I also couldn’t find any notes on content warnings, apart from the author’s reference to the sexual content within this book, so I apologise for that. Just let me know if there’s anything you think I should add.

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