The accident of being lost : songs and stories.
The accident of being lost : songs and stories.
By
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Simpson, Leanne, 1971-
Publication Date
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2017
Subject Term
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Canadian fiction.
Genre
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Short stories.
Summary
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This Accident of Being Lost is the knife-sharp new collection of stories and songs from award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. These visionary pieces build upon Simpson's powerful use of the fragment as a tool for intervention in her critically acclaimed collection Islands of Decolonial Love. Provocateur and poet, she continually rebirths a decolonized reality, one that circles in and out of time and resists dominant narratives or comfortable categorization. A crow watches over a deer addicted to road salt; Lake Ontario floods Toronto to remake the world while texting "ARE THEY GETTING IT?"; lovers visit the last remaining corner of the boreal forest; three comrades guerrilla-tap maples in an upper middle-class neighbourhood; and Kwe gets her firearms license in rural Ontario. Blending elements of Nishnaabeg storytelling, science fiction, contemporary realism, and the lyric voice, This Accident of Being Lost burns with a quiet intensity, like a campfire in your backyard, challenging you to reconsider the world you thought you knew.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781487001278
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Happy Valley - Goose Bay (LHV) Melville | Adult Fic Softcover | Adult Fiction Softcover | FIC SIM | Checked In |