{"product_id":"i-dont-want-to-be-joshua-jennifer-espinoza-9781949944631","title":"I Don't Want to Be Understood","description":"\u003cb\u003eA transsexual woman pieces together fragmented details of a repressive religious childhood and an unsupportive family, drawing from autobiographical experiences of the poet's life. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Don't Want To Be Understood\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of resistance against the conventional trans narrative, and a resistance against the idea that trans people should have to make themselves clear and understandable to others in other to deserve human rights. This is a compelling, urgent collection about the body and survival that asks how we learn to love in a culture where normal is defined by exclusion and discrimination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese poems stretch from childhood to the present day--resisting typical narratives of self-discovery, resilience, and personal growth--and instead asks what it means to be granted or denied personhood by the world around you. It is a personal archive of a trans life laid out in all its messiness and unknowability, and is a book for anyone who has questioned why we place so many limitations on who gets to be considered a human being. These poems do not celebrate survival, but rather ask why transsexuals and other gender non-conforming people must fight so hard to survive in the first place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Jennifer Espinoza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949944638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949944631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice James Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Joshua Jennifer Espinoza","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44213042774271,"sku":"9781949944631","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7beecb10-5d52-4996-ad3a-8bfe3a848310.jpg?v=1692111734","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-dont-want-to-be-joshua-jennifer-espinoza-9781949944631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}