{"product_id":"the-great-good-time-roz-kaveney-9781916356184","title":"The Great Good Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the Lambda Literary award-winning roman a clef, \u003cem\u003eTiny Piece of Skull\u003c\/em\u003e, also available from Team Angelica Publishing, this chapbook is a passionate collection of highly personal poems by trans elder Roz Kaveney, most of them written in the white heat of the current moment of marked anti-trans hostility; others to mark Trans Day of Remembrance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the foreword: \"In the autumn of 2021, well into the second year of Covid-19 and the start of the fifth year of the War On Trans, I noticed a lot of bleakness creeping into trans social media and thought it my job as a community elder to remind young people that things have been, if not worse, at least as bad in different ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in the late '70s, when I transitioned, I acquired as my peer group a bunch of slightly younger trans women who I met around Soho, and for a short while became their landlady, bail person and wailing wall. I had middle class and educational privilege they didn't - I hope I used it for the greater good. It was - as much as my time in Chicago - the making of me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt taught me a lot about solidarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then we all moved on. Some of them died: some of them are still alive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe important thing about life in an embattled community is to have each other's backs.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roz Kaveney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1916356184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916356184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Team Angelica Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Roz Kaveney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043493081343,"sku":"9781916356184","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47a97181-f011-4ec4-83eb-cd9686625746.jpg?v=1684967463","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-great-good-time-roz-kaveney-9781916356184","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}