Exactly As I Am (UQP Poetry Series) by Rae White

Exactly As I Am (UQP Poetry Series) by Rae WhiteRae 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

scholarship emerged that gave the arts of Africa

from growing fruit and vegetables

With her friends Maria

Undeniably triumphant

What is fresh mozzarella

How well do these tiddas really know each other

Where a chess-playing automaton hides a deadly secret

more and more people are exploring consensual non-monogamy in the hope of experiencing more love

Told from the perspective of Australia's first people

arrives to help rejuvenate the struggling bookstore branch

tucked away in bed

This small book publication presents a folding format as a representation of the way the walk itself un-folded