{"product_id":"it-was-never-going-to-be-okay-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimpson, Jaye:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ejaye simpson is a Two-Spirit Oji-Cree person of the Buffalo Clan with roots in Sapotaweyak and Skownan Cree Nation who often writes about being queer in the child welfare system, as well as being queer and Indigenous. simpson's work has been performed at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (2017) in Peterborough, and in Guelph with the Vancouver Slam Poetry 2018 Team. simpson has recently been named the Vancouver Champion for the Women of the World Poetry Slam and their work has been featured in \u003ci\u003ePoetry Is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThis Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePRISM international, SAD Mag, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cem\u003eGUTS Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e. simpson resides on the unceded and ancestral territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), səlilwəta'Ɂɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) First Nations peoples, currently and colonially known as Vancouver, BC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nightwood Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620839887122,"sku":"9780889713826","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8b317a9-29cd-47fe-a3f7-fc8f183f5f11.jpg?v=1732573609","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/it-was-never-going-to-be-okay-9780889713826","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}