{"product_id":"holy-wild-9781771664394","title":"Holy Wild","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2019 Trillium Book Award for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2019 Lambda Literary Awards - Transgender Poetry Category\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2019 Publishing Triangle Awards - Trans and Gender-Variant Literature Category\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2019 Pat Lowther Memorial Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her third collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eHoly Wild\u003c\/i\u003e, Gwen Benaway explores the complexities of being an Indigenous trans women in expansive lyric poems. She holds up the Indigenous trans body as a site of struggle, liberation, and beauty. A confessional poet, Benaway narrates her sexual and romantic intimacies with partners as well as her work to navigate the daily burden of transphobia and violence. She examines the intersections of Indigenous and trans experience through autobiographical poems and continues to speak to the legacy of abuse, violence, and colonial erasure that defines Canada. Her sparse lines, interwoven with English and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe), illustrate the wonder and power of Indigenous trans womanhood in motion. \u003ci\u003eHoly Wild\u003c\/i\u003e is not an easy book, as Benaway refuses to give any simple answers, but it is a profoundly vibrant and beautiful work filled with a transcendent grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gwen Benaway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771664394","brand":"Book*hug Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126743548041,"sku":"9781771664394","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_11b994ea-84bc-49a4-9077-cc8262bb3ab1.jpg?v=1782795309","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/holy-wild-9781771664394","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}