{"product_id":"why-i-was-late-9781771315579","title":"Why I Was Late","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 ReLit Award for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith kitchen-table candour and empathy, Charlie Petch's debut collection of poems offers witness to a decades-long trans\/personal coming of age, finding heroes in unexpected places.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy I Was Late \u003c\/i\u003efuses text with performance, brings a transmasculine wisdom, humour, and experience to bear upon tailgates, spaceships, and wrestling rings. Fierce, tender, convention re-inventing-Petch works hard. And whether it's as a film union lighting technician, a hospital bed allocator, a Toronto hot dog vendor, or a performer\/player of the musical saw, the work is survival. Heroes are found in unexpected places, elevated by both large and small gestures of kindness, accountability and acceptance. No subject-grief, disability, kink, sexuality, gender politics, violence-is off limits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA poet so good at drag they had everyone convinced that they were a woman for the first forty years of their life, Petch has somehow brought the stage and its attendant thrills into the book. Better late than. And better.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Charlie Petch's \u003ci\u003eWhy I Was Late \u003c\/i\u003eis a poetic debut with the wisdom of a sage and the emotional range of an expert comedian. Do yourself a favor and read this book. This is a master at work.\" \u003cb\u003e - Kai Cheng Thom, author of \u003ci\u003eI Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlie Petch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brick Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.55h x 5.86w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771315579","brand":"Brick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713409323145,"sku":"9781771315579","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a3e1691f-350d-4fd4-be07-85a089263a19.jpg?v=1719610513","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/why-i-was-late-9781771315579","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}