{"product_id":"tranny-muse-9798991957519","title":"Tranny Muse","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith fearless candor and lyrical precision, Taylor Portela guides readers through nightclubs and church pews, family genealogies and drag performances, desert trails and urban landscapes. By interweaving three prose-poem books (\"Lavender,\" \"Taylor,\" and \"Portela\") they craft a near-holy text, in the traditions of Whitman and Ginsberg, that sanctifies the profane and profanes the sacred. Each piece serves as both wound and suture, confession and absolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranny Muse\u003c\/i\u003e embraces contradiction as sacrament -- simultaneously reverent and blasphemous, tender and obscene, anchored in tradition yet fiercely innovative. Portela's voice emerges as a necessary intervention in contemporary poetry, reclaiming slurs and celebrating the messy contradictions of lived experience with equal fervor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection goes far beyond formally inventive autobiography. Like those in the poetic lineage inspiring \u003ci\u003eTranny Muse\u003c\/i\u003e, Portela shape-shifts the self to contain multitudes, inviting readers to witness the glory of uncontainable existence: \"I want to be famous like a burning library.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unbound Edition Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798991957519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.40w x 0.20d","brand":"Taylor Portela","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51634833490101,"sku":"9798991957519","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_eea4a38b-e638-47ec-aa9d-eac675f64393.jpg?v=1756789131","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tranny-muse-9798991957519","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}