Exactly As I Am (Paperback)

Rae White

ISBN 10: 0702265497 / ISBN 13: 9780702265495

Published by University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2022

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Paperback. A defiant, unflinching exploration of gender identity, gender discrimination and gender euphorialet me tell youhow to lean gently onone another withoutrocking sideways.Rae White's much-anticipated second poetry collection, Exactly As I Am, speaks to their lived experience as a non-binary transgender person. Their defiant, unruly poems interrogate the spaces transgender people are both assigned and denied in society, through unflinching explorations of gender identity, gender discrimination and gender euphoria. These poems lean against you, hold out their hand and offer you- a connection, a community, a call to action. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exactly As I Am (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of Queensland Press, St Lucia
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0702265497
• ISBN 13: 9780702265495
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Rae White’ s compelling second poetry collection Exactly As I Am rises from their lived experience as a non-binary transgender person. Their gloriously defiant, unruly poems dissect and scrutinise the spaces transgender people are both assigned and denied in society, through unflinching explorations of gender identity, gender discrimination and gender euphoria. These bracing poems lean towards you, hold out their hand and offer you: a connection, a community, an emboldened call to action.

About the Author

Rae White is a non-binary transgender poet, writer and zinester. Their poetry collection Milk Teeth won 2017 Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, was shortlisted for 2019 Victorian Premier’ s Literary Awards and commended in the 2018 Anne Elder Award. Rae’ s short story 'The Body Remembers' placed second in 2019 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction. Their poem ‘ what even r u?’ placed second in 2017 Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Rae’ s poetry has been published in Australian Poetry Journal, Cordite Poetry Review, Meanjin Quarterly, Overland, Rabbit and others.