{"product_id":"i-dont-want-to-be-understood-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Jennifer Espinoza \u003c\/b\u003eis a transsexual poet. Her work has been featured in \u003ci\u003ePoetry Magazine, The American Poetry Review, Split Lip Magazine, Gulf Coast Journal, The Southeast Review, MoMA Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eI'm Alive \/ It Hurts \/ I Love It\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eTHERE SHOULD BE FLOWERS\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). She holds an MFA in poetry from UC Riverside and is currently a professor of creative writing. Jennifer lives in West Virginia with her wife, poet\/essayist Eileen Elizabeth, and their cat and dog.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alice James Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50894671020306,"sku":"9781949944631","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_021e1445-ac70-4e91-98c3-a93c00b5af57.jpg?v=1738257920","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-dont-want-to-be-understood-9781949944631","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}