#jaye simpson

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a body more tolerable, jaye simpson

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a body more tolerable by jaye simpson

Ferocious and vulnerable poems about redefining acts of creation, destruction, deconstruction, and recreation, from a singular Indigiqueer point of view

a body more tolerable is a collection of powerful and haunting poems full of mythos, fairy tales, allusion, and magic. Divided into three parts, the book takes an intimate exploration of Indigenous grief, trans identity, and frustrated desires in ways that reject perception. Author jaye simpson conjures up dazzling multiverses throughout their mythic journey as they dance and run wild in their own manifestation of girlhood.

In these visceral poems, teeth gleam, graze skin, or sink into flesh, becoming bloodied and exposing the animalistic hunger that lies within. Pulsating with yearning and possibility, a body more tolerable is a book that resists typical notions of physicality and sex to dream of a world more divine.

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a body more tolerable by jaye simpson

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a body more tolerable is a collection of powerful and haunting poems full of mythos, fairy tales, allusion, and magic. Divided into three parts, the book takes an intimate exploration of Indigenous grief, trans identity, and frustrated desires in ways that reject perception. Author jaye simpson conjures up dazzling multiverses throughout their mythic journey as they dance and run wild in their own manifestation of girlhood. In these visceral poems, teeth gleam, graze skin, or sink into flesh, becoming bloodied and exposing the animalistic hunger that lies within. Pulsating with yearning and possibility, a body more tolerable is a book that resists typical notions of physicality and sex to dream of a world more divine.

Mod opinion: I haven't read this poetry collection yet, but it sounds really interesting!

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[yourdailyqueer]

Jaye Simpson

Gender: Transgender Non binary (they/them)

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: N/A

Ethnicity: First Nation (Oji, Cree, Saulteaux)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Writer

[starsalvation]

—jaye simpson, beautiful monsters in uncanny valley 

[lifeinpoetry]

taught to be ghost long before                            i could wrap my own hands around                                                                                 my throat—                            spoke to spirits long before                                   i realized i was just as dead                                                                         as they were.

— jaye simpson, from “haunting (a poem in six parts),” it was never going to be okay