Description
A brilliant collection weaving history, personal experience, and Indigenous resilience
Spells, Wishes, and the Talking Dead: ᒪᒪᐦᑖᐃᐧᓯᐃᐧᐣ ᐸᑯᓭᔨᒧᐤ ᓂᑭᐦᒋ ᐋᓂᐢᑯᑖᐹᐣ mamahtâwisiwin, pakosêyimow, nikihci-âniskotâpân is a wonder. With inspiring defiance, John-Kehewin plays with form, space, and language, demonstrating which magics cannot be suppressed. Here is an unflinching look at colonialism's sickening trail: its ongoingdetriment to the safety and mental health of Indigenous people, its theft of language, and its intergenerational harms. But here also is the unrelenting power of resistance, and the great strength in truth. Wanda John-Kehewin "stands in her truth" so that other survivors may stand in theirs.
Author: Wanda John-Kehewin
Publisher: Talonbooks
Published: 05/31/2023
Pages: 85
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.74h x 5.83w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9781772015126
ISBN10: 1772015121
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island
- Poetry | Women Authors
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Death, Grief, Loss
About the Author
Cree poet Wanda John-Kehewin uses writing as a therapeutic medium through which to understand and respond to the near-decimation of Indigenous cultures, languages, and Traditions. Her Seven Sacred Truths was short-listed for the 2019 Indigenous Voices Award, and she received the World Poetry Foundation's Empowered Poet Award for her debut, In the Dog House. She lives in the BC Lower Mainland.