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 combining faerie tales, mythology, and a self-divinised female rage. Divided into three parts, the book examines Indigenous grief, trans identity, and frustrated desires in ways that reject perception....

"Sovereignty, vulnerability, honesty." - Ms. Magazine it was never going to be okay 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...