{"product_id":"it-was-never-going-to-jaye-simpson-9780889713826","title":"It Was Never Going to Be Okay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSovereignty, vulnerability, honesty. --\u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eit was never going to be okay\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eit was never going to be okay\u003c\/i\u003e tries to break down years of silence in simpson's debut collection of poetry: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ei am five\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003emy sisters are saying \u003ci\u003eboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ei do not know what the word means but--\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ei am bruised into knowing it: the blunt \u003ci\u003eb\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe hollowness of the \u003ci\u003eo\u003c\/i\u003e, the blade of \u003ci\u003ey\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaye Simpson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889713820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889713826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightwood Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021 pg. 74","brand":"Jaye Simpson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049995497727,"sku":"9780889713826","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a491407c-61a3-4344-82e7-c5e38b99057c.jpg?v=1685004588","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/it-was-never-going-to-jaye-simpson-9780889713826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}