Pansy

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>PANSY is a </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>non-linear episodic memoir </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>that combines poetry cultural criticism and essays. It follows transmasc southern writer Jasper as they fumble through an awkward </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Memphis upbringing</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> in the 90s and early aughts an insufferable Nashville PWI and a fierce NYC queer awakening all with a poignant throughline on Black exceptionalism focused on Jasper's wildly agonizing first publishing experience with novel </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>JUNIPER LEAVES</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>.</span></p>