Poor Kid Trauma
For folks who’ve been around for a while, you might be familiar with my Poor Kid Trauma zine series, which has been sold out for some time now. Instead of reprinting them separately, I’ve decided to compile them into this chapbook.
What’s Poor Kid Trauma all about? Poor kid trauma is a term that I started using to describe the ways in which living in poverty is deeply traumatic. In this writing, I share my experience growing up in poverty and the work I’ve been doing to rebuild my sense of safety in the midst of poverty’s ongoingness. Inside the chapbook, you’ll find 8 essays, as well as a new foreword and epilogue.
In “Poor Kid Trauma #1” I share my experience growing up in poverty and the work I’ve been doing to rebuild my sense of safety in the midst of poverty’s ongoingness. The next section, “Poor Kid Trauma #2: Surviving Housing Crises,” includes three essays. “The Unhomely” tells the story of my re-occurring dream about being evicted from our family home; “Model Homes” is an essay about the dream of upward class mobility and its impossibilities for those of us who’re poor; and “Empty Houses” is about how the healing power of friendship and how it can help us move from fear to safety.
The final section, “Poor Kid Trauma #3: What Happens When the Poor Die,” includes four essays. “Slow Death” is about the ways in which capitalism sets up the poor and disabled for lives of struggle. “The Ash Keeper” tells the story of what happened when the urn I purchased for my father’s ashes was too small; “How to Plan a Funeral When You’re Poor,” an essay in fragments, details all of the challenges I encountered when attempting to plan a funeral service for my father; and “Forest Fires” is the eulogy I wrote for myself and the grief of losing a parent who never gave you the love and care you deserved.
In order to afford printing these babies, I have opened up pre-sales. In order to afford printing these babies, I have opened up pre-sales. I’ll need to sell 50 copies of the chapbook to front the cost for printing As a special thank you, the first 50 orders will receive a free coloring sticker pack!!
Product Details:
92 pages
5.5 inches x 8.5 inches
Perfect bound
Color cover
A note on pricing: For my fellow poor kids, if you’re not able to access this chapbook at the $22 price mark, you can use the code POORKID$5OFF to get $5 off. I ask that folks who can afford to pay $22 please not use this code.
For folks who’ve been around for a while, you might be familiar with my Poor Kid Trauma zine series, which has been sold out for some time now. Instead of reprinting them separately, I’ve decided to compile them into this chapbook.
What’s Poor Kid Trauma all about? Poor kid trauma is a term that I started using to describe the ways in which living in poverty is deeply traumatic. In this writing, I share my experience growing up in poverty and the work I’ve been doing to rebuild my sense of safety in the midst of poverty’s ongoingness. Inside the chapbook, you’ll find 8 essays, as well as a new foreword and epilogue.
In “Poor Kid Trauma #1” I share my experience growing up in poverty and the work I’ve been doing to rebuild my sense of safety in the midst of poverty’s ongoingness. The next section, “Poor Kid Trauma #2: Surviving Housing Crises,” includes three essays. “The Unhomely” tells the story of my re-occurring dream about being evicted from our family home; “Model Homes” is an essay about the dream of upward class mobility and its impossibilities for those of us who’re poor; and “Empty Houses” is about how the healing power of friendship and how it can help us move from fear to safety.
The final section, “Poor Kid Trauma #3: What Happens When the Poor Die,” includes four essays. “Slow Death” is about the ways in which capitalism sets up the poor and disabled for lives of struggle. “The Ash Keeper” tells the story of what happened when the urn I purchased for my father’s ashes was too small; “How to Plan a Funeral When You’re Poor,” an essay in fragments, details all of the challenges I encountered when attempting to plan a funeral service for my father; and “Forest Fires” is the eulogy I wrote for myself and the grief of losing a parent who never gave you the love and care you deserved.
In order to afford printing these babies, I have opened up pre-sales. In order to afford printing these babies, I have opened up pre-sales. I’ll need to sell 50 copies of the chapbook to front the cost for printing As a special thank you, the first 50 orders will receive a free coloring sticker pack!!
Product Details:
92 pages
5.5 inches x 8.5 inches
Perfect bound
Color cover
A note on pricing: For my fellow poor kids, if you’re not able to access this chapbook at the $22 price mark, you can use the code POORKID$5OFF to get $5 off. I ask that folks who can afford to pay $22 please not use this code.
For folks who’ve been around for a while, you might be familiar with my Poor Kid Trauma zine series, which has been sold out for some time now. Instead of reprinting them separately, I’ve decided to compile them into this chapbook.
What’s Poor Kid Trauma all about? Poor kid trauma is a term that I started using to describe the ways in which living in poverty is deeply traumatic. In this writing, I share my experience growing up in poverty and the work I’ve been doing to rebuild my sense of safety in the midst of poverty’s ongoingness. Inside the chapbook, you’ll find 8 essays, as well as a new foreword and epilogue.
In “Poor Kid Trauma #1” I share my experience growing up in poverty and the work I’ve been doing to rebuild my sense of safety in the midst of poverty’s ongoingness. The next section, “Poor Kid Trauma #2: Surviving Housing Crises,” includes three essays. “The Unhomely” tells the story of my re-occurring dream about being evicted from our family home; “Model Homes” is an essay about the dream of upward class mobility and its impossibilities for those of us who’re poor; and “Empty Houses” is about how the healing power of friendship and how it can help us move from fear to safety.
The final section, “Poor Kid Trauma #3: What Happens When the Poor Die,” includes four essays. “Slow Death” is about the ways in which capitalism sets up the poor and disabled for lives of struggle. “The Ash Keeper” tells the story of what happened when the urn I purchased for my father’s ashes was too small; “How to Plan a Funeral When You’re Poor,” an essay in fragments, details all of the challenges I encountered when attempting to plan a funeral service for my father; and “Forest Fires” is the eulogy I wrote for myself and the grief of losing a parent who never gave you the love and care you deserved.
In order to afford printing these babies, I have opened up pre-sales. In order to afford printing these babies, I have opened up pre-sales. I’ll need to sell 50 copies of the chapbook to front the cost for printing As a special thank you, the first 50 orders will receive a free coloring sticker pack!!
Product Details:
92 pages
5.5 inches x 8.5 inches
Perfect bound
Color cover
A note on pricing: For my fellow poor kids, if you’re not able to access this chapbook at the $22 price mark, you can use the code POORKID$5OFF to get $5 off. I ask that folks who can afford to pay $22 please not use this code.
