{"product_id":"tranny-muse-9798991957519","title":"Tranny Muse","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith fearless candor and lyrical precision, Taylor Portela guides readers through nightclubs and church pews, family genealogies and drag performances, desert trails and urban landscapes. By interweaving three prose-poem books (\"Lavender,\" \"Taylor,\" and \"Portela\") they craft a near-holy text, in the traditions of Whitman and Ginsberg, that sanctifies the profane and profanes the sacred. Each piece serves as both wound and suture, confession and absolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranny Muse\u003c\/i\u003e embraces contradiction as sacrament -- simultaneously reverent and blasphemous, tender and obscene, anchored in tradition yet fiercely innovative. Portela's voice emerges as a necessary intervention in contemporary poetry, reclaiming slurs and celebrating the messy contradictions of lived experience with equal fervor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection goes far beyond formally inventive autobiography. Like those in the poetic lineage inspiring \u003ci\u003eTranny Muse\u003c\/i\u003e, Portela shape-shifts the self to contain multitudes, inviting readers to witness the glory of uncontainable existence: \"I want to be famous like a burning library.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortela, Taylor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaylor Portela\u003c\/b\u003e is a queer, nonbinary poet and performer who received their MFA in Creative Writing from Virginia Tech and now calls Oregon home. Their work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdroit\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWUSSY\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMag\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. You can find them on Instagram @BookOfTaylor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unbound Edition Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51860245643538,"sku":"9798991957519","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a3df913d-b6a7-4989-b18d-c43a824c26cf.jpg?v=1767781137","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tranny-muse-9798991957519","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}