Título: it was never going to be okay
Autor: jaye simpson
Sinopse: "Sovereignty, vulnerability, honesty." —Ms. Magazine
it was never going to be okay is a collection of poetry and prose exploring the intimacies of understanding intergenerational trauma, Indigeneity and queerness, while addressing urban Indigenous diaspora and breaking down the limitations of sexual understanding as a trans woman. As a way to move from the linear timeline of healing and coming to terms with how trauma does not exist in subsequent happenings, it was never going to be okay tries to break down years of silence in simpson’s debut collection of poetry:
i am five
my sisters are saying boy
i do not know what the word means but―
i am bruised into knowing it: the blunt b,
the hollowness of the o, the blade of y
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “it was never going to be okay”, de jaye simpson, publicado pela editora Nightwood Editions, em 2021 e com 96 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Nightwood Editions
Páginas: 96
Ano: 2021-04-20
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0889713820
ISBN13: 9780889713826
