Hardcore from the Heart
The Pleasures, Profits and Politics of Sex in Performance

Presents a number of the author's key performance texts and essays, and interviews with artists who have worked closely with her over the years, together with a critical introduction and commentaries. By locating her discourse on her own body, she renders exploitation impossible and refers to herself as a "post-porn modernist".

In order to structure a conversation about these issues, "Hardcore from the Heart" presents a number of Annie Sprinkle's key performance texts and essays, and interviews with artists who have worked closely with her over the years, together with a critical introduction and commentaries.

Foreword: Ooouuuuhhh, Rebecca, I Love It When You Talk
Academic, by Rebecca Schneider
Introduction: Sacred Bazoombas, by Gabrielle Cody
PART I. Actions, Rituals, Performances
Strip-Speak: Nurse Sprinkle's Sex Education Class
Metamorphosexual Mud-Bath Ritual: A Private Performance
Metamorphosex
Peace in Bed
Liberty Love Boat
Annie Sprinkle's Herstory of Porn
Commentary: Annie Sprinkle from Reel to Reel
PART II. Pornographos: Writings of a Prostitute
My Brushes and Crushes with the Law
Dear Friends and Lovers at 848
You've Come a Long Way Baby: Twelve Steps to Cure Sex Worker
Burn Out
Commentary: A Labor of Love
PART III. Interviews: A Movable Feast
Annie's Breakfast with Veronica Vera: The Art of Sex Work
Lunch at the Art/Life Institute: A Conversation with Annie Sprinkle, Linda Montano, Barbara Carellas and Gabrielle Cody
Dinner with Richard Schnechner and Gabrielle Cody: She Wanted a Better Life
Annie's Dessert with May Thyme, an Anti-Porn Feminist
Gabrielle's Midnight Snack with Monika Treaut
Outroduction
Selected Bibliography and Filmography.