Why I Was Late by Charlie Petch-Used Tyrell Johnson Heart-pounding escapades and a colorful

Heart-pounding escapades and a colorful cast of characters will have readers setting sail through this wholly original and unforgettable tale

But when a new enemy emerges to claim her freedom

why hatch a plot years in the making

But can this spunky

and the one person in the world who can help is the one person she least wants to ask

Why I Was Late by Charlie Petch-Used Tyrell Johnson Heart-pounding escapades and a colorfulWinner of the 2022 ReLit Award for Poetry With kitchen table candour and empathy, Charlie Petch's debut collection of poems offers witness to a decades long trans personal coming of age, finding heroes in unexpected places. Why I Was Late fuses text with performance, brings a transmasculine wisdom, humour, and experience to bear upon tailgates, spaceships, and wrestling rings. Fierce, tender, convention re inventing Petch works hard. And whether it's