Simpson, Jaye - A Body More Tolerable

A Body More Tolerable

Author: Jaye Simpson

Genre: Poetry

Pages: 88

Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press

Release Date: April 15, 2025

Format: Paperback

Synopsis:

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 full of mythos, fairy tales, allusion, and magic. Divided into three parts, the book takes an intimate exploration of Indigenous grief, trans identity, and frustrated desires in ways that reject perception. Author jaye simpson conjures up dazzling multiverses throughout their mythic journey as they dance and run wild in their own manifestation of girlhood.


In these visceral poems, teeth gleam, graze skin, or sink into flesh, becoming bloodied and exposing the animalistic hunger that lies within. Pulsating with yearning and possibility, a body more tolerable is a book that resists typical notions of physicality and sex to dream of a world more divine.

LGBT Themes:

• Indigenous Queer
• Transgender

Relevant Tags:

Poetry, Queer, LGBT, Indigenous, Adult, Transgender