| Why I Was Late Contributor(s): Petch, Charlie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1771315571 ISBN-13: 9781771315579 Publisher: Brick Books OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Canadian - Poetry | Lgbt - Biography & Autobiography | Lgbt |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.86" W x 8.55" (0.52 lbs) 139 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With 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. Why I Was Late fuses 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. A 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. Charlie Petch's Why I Was Late is 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.--Kai Cheng Thom, author of I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World |