What Was Eaten Was Given – Billie Sainwood

Nothing, lover, will die with you.

-T4T4T4T4T4T4ever

“The body is never the end,” Sainwood tells us in her poem “Hour of Need,” and every line of this book explores what it means to see beyond the body. What was eaten was given cradles the past and prays into the future as context for a queer, trans life being lived to its fullest right now. Sainwood’s naked discussions of sex, mental illness, fear, hope, and longing beg the reader into their own self reflection. Cis, trans, queer, straight, we are all praying to something with our bodies every day. How do you worship? What lies deep inside you? What must you let out?