trigger

by Venus Selenite

trigger is a bold, intimate, and comfortable/uncomfortable quest, through Selenite's eyes, in being Black, being queer, being trans, being a woman, and being non-binary in the 21st century, in what continues to be systemic and oppressive, but also adventurous and ecstatic.

Genres: Poetry, LGBT, Queer, Queer Lit, Transgender

112 pages, Paperback

First published May 24, 2016

Reviews

[Bina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection was utterly amazing!✊💜 Go get yourselves a copy now!

[Jeannie Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

This debut poetry collection aims (liberally paraphrasing the introduction) to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted, and at that it succeeds. Some bracing verse here, and some very lovely verse as well.

[Becca Pirie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating: 4.5. A fantastic book of poetry. I look forward to reading more of Venus Selenite's work!

[KappaBooks]

I feel bad rating this 3 stars, but my feelings are kinda all over the place. Most of these poems are in a style I personally don't like, but there were some that hit me. There were also ones who's language/metaphors just went over my head even if I kinda got the core message

I do think more people should read this.