I'm alive / it hurts / i love it is Joshua Jennifer Espinoza's first full-length poetry book in print. Her writing engages with subjects such as coming out as a trans woman, "surviving and thriving w/mental illness, and attempting to reconcile [her] anger/sadness at the state of things w/ [her] love for all the beauty that exists."

I'm alive / it hurts / i love it is Joshua Jennifer Espinoza's first full-length poetry book in print. Her writing engages with subjects such as coming out as a trans woman, "surviving and thriving w/mental illness, and attempting to reconcile [her] anger/sadness at the state of things w/ [her] love for all the beauty that exists."