Pulling her famous red curls into a messy bun, Jessica Holter becomes Ghetto Girl Blue in the telling of her personal journey from hippie commune to the international stage of HBO Real Sex in this page-turner. Speak the Unspeakable peels off the layers of theatrical makeup and fishnet stockings to reveal a vulnerable but resilient young woman in her coming-of-age story. With trigger warnings in place, Holter invites you on a brief, humorous, and emotionally charged journey through foster care, US Army Basic Training, and college at Howard University when DC was Chocolate City. She immerses readers in the spirit of potential as she searches for mentors and is offered pickles. From the colorful scene of P P Street to the down-low crevices of Tracks nightclub, Ghetto Girl Blue weaves a vivid tapestry of DC in its heyday. Follow her onto trains and go for erotic limo rides where romantic trysts unfold with her recurring lover, a permanently uncommitted fixture in her life. With shock and awe, she shares her how-to plan on making something from nothing, not mincing words about what can happen when you cannot recognize a pimp and do not know how to say no. Along her journey to the theatrical stage, and the printed page, she falls in love with Hip Hop, interviews, and shares spaces with the rich, the famous, and intellectuals who all play a part in her personal evolution and in the making of The Punany Poets. Speak the Unspeakable is also poetic evidence of Holter's Christian foundation and the sexual trauma that put the scarlet letter on her P chest. Her Black Church roots are key in understanding the author, who was a youth minister, a door-to-door evangelist, and the foster child of a deacon who molested her. Born the biracial child of an Irish American mother and the 23rd child of a rolling stone father whom she never met, Holter leads us into her twilight years, finding her blood family and finally feeling a sense of belonging. Speak the Unspeakable is infused with exposes, essays, poetry, positive affirmations, and self-help anecdotes for people of color, women, the abandoned masses of foster children, and survivors of sexual abuse. Her story will remind you of the rainbow you see at the end of a long summer storm. She gives new meaning to the old adage - It ain't over until the fat lady sings. Holter describes her life as ironic, comparing it to a Shakespearean play, where the character tries to escape his fate, only to be pushed closer to it. The offspring of an Irish mother and a Jamaican father, she's had to deal with racism, sexism, and sexual abuse throughout her lifetime. She has rallied for AIDS awareness, been the voice for the indifferent, and the misunderstood, and put her energy and talent into educating the public regarding safer sex. Jessica Holter, AKA Ghetto Girl Blue is a combination and product of the experiences she has had, the pain she has endured, and the survival skills she has learned was imperative to maintain. Far from your ordinary poet, wife, mother, performer, and entrepreneur. Ghetto Girl Blue encompasses the wisdom of your grandmother, the cutting edge of the woman next door, and the confidence of a mature, seasoned woman who knows what she desires, and boldly goes after it. And if all that weren't enough, she conceived and founded the concept of the Punany Project, hence, The Punany Poets were born in 1995. She has been featured on HBO's Real Sex Documentary as well as BET & Playboy TV. Her words are piercing, and often times provide shock value. So strap yourself in, sit back for the ride, and bask in the world of the sister better known as Ghetto Girl Blue. --Yvonne Curtis, Upscale Magazine Her story will remind you of the rainbow you see at the end of a long summer storm. She gives new meaning to the old adage - It ain't over until the fat lady sings. Holter describes her life as ironic, comparing it to a Shakespearean play, where the character tries to escape his fate, only to be pushed closer to it. The offspring of an Irish mother and a Jamaican father, she's had to deal with racism, sexism, and sexual abuse throughout her lifetime. She has rallied for AIDS awareness, been the voice for the indifferent, and the misunderstood, and put her energy and talent into educating the public regarding safer sex. Jessica Holter, AKA Ghetto Girl Blue is a combination and product of the experiences she has had, the pain she has endured, and the survival skills she has learned was imperative to maintain. Far from your ordinary poet, wife, mother, performer, and entrepreneur. Ghetto Girl Blue encompasses the wisdom of your grandmother, the cutting edge of the woman next door, and the confidence of a mature, seasoned woman who knows what she desires, and boldly goes after it. And if all that weren't enough, she conceived and founded the concept of the Punany Project, hence, The Punany Poets were born in 1995. She has been featured on HBO's Real Sex Documentary as well as BET & Playbo